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Thinking people will discern immediately that Dempsey has taken a false step.

From Time Magazine Archive

If you compare their respective recordings of Mozart's Don Giovanni, you will discern how superior Solti's conducting is.

From Time Magazine Archive

He will discern that the parts of the latter were merely to serve as floats to mark the course of the current beneath.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

At your left, across the East River, Long Island begins, with the beautiful Governor’s Island in the bay just before you, and, looking to the southward, in the distance, you will discern Staten Island.

From The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution by Prichard, Sarah J.

"I trust this time the Assembly will discern treachery when they see it," Briggs interjected.

From Caribbee by Hoover, Thomas