earphones

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Within weeks of arriving, I loathed Madras, where rats stole the padding from my earphones, the humidity left me weak and men tailed my mother in traffic, desperate to buy our imported car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

The wireless earphones will feature "Live Translation," which allows users to hear in their preferred language on their AirPods.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

“I was back in New York, and I was walking down the street and a guy looked up at me, pulled earphones out of his head and said, ‘Hey … you’re on my iPod!’

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2025

Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

I knew the insects were loud because it was summer, but I didn’t hear them because my earphones covered my ears.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer