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"Leaders... were realizing it's quite expensive," said the official, who is involved in preparing a Dec.14-15 summit in Brussels of the EU 27 member states' national leaders.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2023

“We were realizing that we needed to reset those expectations,” she says.

From Scientific American • Oct. 9, 2023

Now, however, they were realizing that the reality was trucks lined up for miles at ports on the English Channel, where they faced delays because of bureaucratic customs paperwork.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

But it's all of those things and holding on to what we have, that's what people were realizing.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2022

They were realizing it as they looked at each other, feeling their own faces.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling