give a hearing
Example Sentences
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She also called on Congress to give a hearing to Epstein’s victims.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Council’s public safety chair said Tuesday that she would give a hearing to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s amended version of the massive criminal code rewrite.
From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2023
For Conductor Otto Klemperer it was a matter of duty to give a hearing to native talent.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Balkan people do not yet, to any great extent, appreciate your desire for truth or even your honesty if you should give a hearing to their antagonists.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Baerlein, Henry
They could scarcely believe that such magic numbers had flowed from a man to whom in general, says Johnson, "it was with difficulty they could give a hearing."
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington