as in grasps
to have a clear idea of
it took me a while to twig the true nature of the relationship between the two women
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There is only one candidate who grasps the complexity of this crisis and has the legislative experience to address it.
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But Zou’s cinema grasps that unideal truths often can be concealed underneath beautiful surfaces.
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Trees that remain standing lose their leaves and big limbs, and that trauma shows in their rings.
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Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
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Uruguay knows avoiding defeat will be enough to progress as either the runner-up or one of the lucky third-place finishers.
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Both Sydney’s and Carmy’s reactions are subdued — neither knows how to process it.
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These are what Brown calls paint sprays and spray threes, two of Brown’s foundational principles of the new-look, high-octane Knicks offense.
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To make new plantings a little more pest-proof, experiment with repellent sprays, like putrid egg solids, hot pepper spray, and humanely sourced predator spray.
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Pochettino is not a man who understands why anybody would want to wait.
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The company has 23 quantum systems installed at research institutes, enterprises, and high-performance computing centers and understands the need and urgency for fault-tolerant quantum computers.
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Seventeen minutes in and Colombia has its best shot as Córdoba springs the counter and runs through from the right and shoots to the far post, but Diogo Costa dives low to deflect it out to the corner.
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How to Prevent It from Coming Back Persistence is key, as the tree of heaven can continue producing small shoots and trees long after the main stem is removed.
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Qualcomm’s chip can run Linux, along with Arduino software, and can even do computer vision, which deciphers what a camera sees and translates it into software.
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With that base knowledge and his opponent’s game tape, Nolan analyzes wide receiver alignments and deciphers the offense's attack.
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As Droga sees it, the advertising industry is very much in the throes of a profound technological shift.
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On average, the region sees its first 100-degree day on July 1.
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“Twigs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twigs. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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