heed

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When the other animals don’t heed her warnings, the mouse takes it upon herself to save her home, one grain of sand at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Another reason U.S. equity traders are paying little heed to the war could be that U.S. companies are making big money.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

And as enjoyable as it is, if we don’t wake up and heed its word, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” could be the last of its kind.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

I have no solution for the fraught dynamics of social media, besides perhaps throwing one’s phone in a lake, and “Yesteryear’s” target audience isn’t likely to heed that advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The noise never let up: car horns, bicycle bells and the cracking of whips combined to produce a deafening bewildering clamour, amid which is was impossible to heed every warning sound.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya