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I see this as a stark reminder: learn to swim.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
There are still important limits to what researchers can learn from the remains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s a lesson that so many people, both kids and adults, need to learn or remember.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Survivors face an agonising wait to learn the fate of missing relatives and the prospect of rebuilding their lives from nothing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
The cortex is where you think, remember, learn, imagine, read, speak, listen, and dream.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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In an Instagram post, Grasso said she needed her fans "now more than ever" as she learns more about the mental health condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The new framework proposes that the brain learns these recurring patterns and stores them within networks of synapses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
However, the young woman soon learns that the world of honey isn't as sweet as it seems.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
“AI needs to be customized to the local context because it learns from the data upon which it is trained,” the bank said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I know what she'll do if she learns they snuck out.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Instead, they learned to develop clear boundaries around audience interactions and clarity on who they wanted to be online – what we called “entanglement management strategies.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
She learned details about her biological family's medical history.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Haldia learned of the floods from media reports around midday on Wednesday and immediately tried to call his parents.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
For decades, Brenda Burks wondered what happened after her little sister disappeared in Texas in the 1990s, and this week she finally learned the tragic truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“It’s about the only interesting thing I’ve learned so far in chemistry.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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For those who never learnt as children, Cole says starting later can feel particularly exposing.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
During her courses, she learnt about tinting, waxing, facials and massage, which was taught as a separate module.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Now working in strategy, Aderonmu often has to think on the go and says "adapting to each kind of situation" has been one of the biggest things she's learnt through work.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Diagnosed with autism, Arday had said he was non-verbal until age 11 and only learnt to read and write at 18, before becoming Cambridge's professor of sociology of education at 37.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
That's something your Mr Lindsay learnt quickly enough.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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Some are confidently swimming lengths; others, like me, are learning how to feel at home in the water.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Vostu eventually petered out, but it was a good learning experience for the budding entrepreneur and investor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
One Number 10 source said Burnham's debut would be used as a "learning exercise" to discover "what works and what doesn't".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
He also supports expanding access to structured learning opportunities starting at around age 3.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s what I had thought a dozen times myself, that I was lucky he was championing my work and my learning, that without Luc I could not have succeeded here.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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