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At around 8 p.m., night shift workers shut down every gallery in South Hall, locking every prisoner inside his cell, including the porter, who sometimes acts as an additional set of eyes and ears.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

This should be music to the ears of the memory chip makers, however.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

“When a cluster is big enough everybody’s ears perk up, communication starts,” and multiple avenues of investigation begin, Stevens said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

This time, reporters were refreshing social media, while the handful of journalists and YouTube channels inside the venue became the eyes and ears for everyone else.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

It was a thin broth made from boiled elk hooves and a few slivers of dried deer heart, bulked up with rowanberries and the tough, tasteless tree-mushroom that the clans call auroch’s ears.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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