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hear

[heer] / hɪər /




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"On my third day in hospital, I tried to stand up and I couldn't. The nurses told me not to walk and when you hear that it's a bit of an alarm bell," she said.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Apparently that’s all the internet needed to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Pride was also an honor student academically, earning a 3.6 GPA despite not being able to hear any of his teachers.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

“We want you to hear it from us,” a Notes-app-style message on Instagram began.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

I ask, loud enough that he can hear me over the music.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming.

From BBC Sep. 3, 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

Raman quickly shot back, saying she hears criticism of Bass from residents across the city who have had to contend with diminished services and deteriorating streets and sidewalks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

When Rees hears of the mobile-home park being relocated, she thinks of the landlord who gets to retire with a windfall after chasing rent for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Whenever Sitti hears Mom playing that song, she grabs Mom’s hand and whispers something to her in Arabic.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Appeals are set to be heard in October and January.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

And while his teammates could be distracted by raucous crowds and heckling fans, Pride heard nothing but silence.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

In the UK, we have heard about plans to roll out the tech more widely within the NHS to improve patient care, and how AI gave the UK economy a much-needed boost over the summer.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

And when he did, he grinned at his supporters again and urged them to make themselves heard.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

I don’t know that it helped him much, though, because I heard him in and out of the bathroom most of the night.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The agency subsequently won a reprieve last month after it argued that it would run out of money before its January hearing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

In fact, OpenAI unleashed an internal model on the Millennium Prize Problems after hearing rumors that Anthropic had already solved one.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Located on West Ventura Boulevard between Highway 101 and the Camarillo Airport, the 160,000-square-foot warehouse will have a food court, bakery, pharmacy, optical center, hearing aid center and tire service center.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 12, 2026

Hearn said he had "eagerly awaited" the episodes arriving on his television after hearing of his father's adventures.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

“She doesn’t like thunder,” repeated Twitch, whose long ears were excellent for hearing the caribou’s comment.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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