hear
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Investors have been eager to hear how the carrier was progressing on its turnaround.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Yet rather than being maudlin or depressing, the opera’s central thread is about taking responsibility, and the determined ghosts use their power to enter Lincoln, hear his thoughts, and push him—and Willie—forward into resolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Rape Crisis Northern Ireland said they were "very disappointed to hear of the comments made by Vittorio Angelone which contribute to a culture in which rape and sexual violence can be trivialised".
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
I’m waiting to hear back from Gurr, who’s in his mid-90s, to see if he’s available to work a little magic and help get the people mover moving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
She thinks of how comforted the patients would be if they could hear something, anything.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Micron said it hears "the concerns our team members have raised" and will "take them seriously".
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Often a parent hears a child speaking English with friends or siblings and assumes the child is already proficient and has exited the program, Villarreal said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
First, a guy hears about the currency from a friend.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
He hears them when walking through a nearby park overlooking Long Island Sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The whole auditorium hears the chief tell them how proud she is.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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But by the next day, I still hadn’t heard from the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
A glance at the comment section under the video makes clear the group’s authenticity resonates with those who haven’t felt seen or heard in certain spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
"I've never heard that before but that was heard again later in the wildfire season. That was startling," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The disruption lasted about a minute in total, during which the person, who could not be heard well over the livestream, continued shouting.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
She’d heard about an American Jesuit stranded at Ateneo de Manila University, and she is determined to find him.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“Everything changed, there was a switch, something clicked,” Flanagan said during a March 2016 legislative hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
I sat in exactly the corner of the room that sounds the best for my damaged hearing and thoroughly enjoyed the sets.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
They are all set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on November 9.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
At a previous sentencing hearing in Dungannon Crown Court on 22 September the prosecution summarised their case against Corrigan and Mariano.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
I decided I had just imagined hearing something, and once again I started for home.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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