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"I have really good family friends that were first responders in the 9/11 attacks, and you hear stories about it," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anyone who listens to this single on Cyrus’ 2017 album, “Younger Now,” can hear Parton’s bubbly voice behind that of her goddaughter, nestled between samples of phone messages the legend left for the pop songstress.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Glad to hear the new San Diego Padres owner is a longtime Yankees fan, therefore hating the Dodgers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
And I think every Detroiter should hear them.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sometimes you'll hear brain researchers talk about a "right brain" or a "left brain" skill.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Mr. Power gives us some lines of Barrett Browning’s poem, in which he hears echoes of the work that inspired it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Letsch, the elder-law attorney in Iowa, said she often hears from families trying to untangle messes with farms because they’ve been given bad advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Where others might view a “Village of the Damned” scenario as dread-inducing, Roth hears the bell for recess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Fasulo says he frequently hears from followers who replaced the wrong parts on their cars after taking flawed advice from a chatbot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Theo hears it, too, and I think that’s why the smile he puts on quivers a bit at the corners.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
This was clever psychological jujitsu; in “Dolly Parton: Songteller,” she recalled Wagoner breaking down in tears when he first heard her track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
A local resident, who did not wish to be named, said she heard sirens overnight and saw the aftermath of the incident being live-streamed on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Witnesses at the blink-and-you-miss-it Oakland trial echoed much of what had already been heard this year by juries in Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Nashville.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Carson Daly shouting to be heard over an audience of excited adolescents.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
“The lady at the watch shop! I heard you were closed down for a while.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
She described the experience of hearing Houston’s version as one of the highlights of her life in “Dolly Parton: Songteller.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
When 17-year-old student Max Avena visited the site of New York's fallen Twin Towers, hearing the first-hand accounts of survivors of the deadliest attacks on US soil left him "speechless."
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
An arraignment hearing is scheduled for Sept. 9, according to prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
After he failed to appear for an immigration hearing, a judge issued a final order of removal on July 22.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Instead, after hearing the knocking correctly respond to questions, some skeptics in the audience left the lecture firm believers in spirit communication.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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