as in realizes
to come to an awareness of
by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress
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Flynn tells him that the two worlds are more connected than anyone realizes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
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And when the dental work is done, Cliff realizes his car has been towed.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Share Problems In Advance Proactively communicate a problem before the customer discovers it.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Oliver is at the Caccimelio’s dry cleaning business after hours and discovers Nicky’s dead body hung up with all the clothing.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sírio-Libanês sees patients from all over the country and the region in South America – including those who typically cannot afford top-tier medical care.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the final scene, Cate wakes up in her hospital bed and sees the dead nurses on the floor, as a result of her powers malfunctioning.—
Olivia Singh,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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From another room, the mechanic hears him dragging his leg and knows deep in his bones that this is the man who tortured him in prison.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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Deadline hears that the field of candidates to become Channel 4’s chair has narrowed, with Debbie Wosskow, a digital entrepreneur and serving C4 board member, now out of the running.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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Nostalgia, as Sheeran learns, sometimes reopens wounds and invites emotional gut punches previously buried for self-protection.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Everybody learns, takes notes and remembers information differently.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Guadalajara currently finds itself in 11th place in Liga MX standings and has just one win in its last three matches at home.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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In my interview with, Nancy Levine Stearns, founder of Impactivize, a nonprofit journalism project, finds that the majority of corporations remain steadfastly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Gets on (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20on%20%28to%29. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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