Example Sentences

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Cervantes’s readers would have understood the references instantly: The wild cats once prowled the Spanish countryside in abundance.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Maybe teams have understood what we were doing last season and realised the way we played.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

By that point, lawmakers appear to have understood this provision to cover the children of all immigrants no matter their parents’ status.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

“Victor Lemus further would have understood that because he had not been trained, he would not be exposed to a live explosive device,” the claim argues.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

His neighbors drove up into his little valley, and every one of them would have understood anger or sorrow—and so helped him.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck