hear
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"You can hear them ripping up the road," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
“And the other one is to listen to them and hear their challenges.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s so interesting to me to hear you say you don’t see these roles as that different.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
If you have worked in the world of defense budgeting, spending or contracting, we’d like to hear from you.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
We hear Aunt J’s footsteps as she makes her way to us in the dining room.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
Kurosawa is also of two minds regarding what he frequently hears from Japanese film students, that their goal is getting into top festivals, winning awards and securing global recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Cosmic Mother hears your heart, and Her timing is always perfect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Investing at scale in new technology invites pushback and Intrator said he hears the word “no” a lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
She just told me our family hears things.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
In ruling for Messersmith and McNally, Seitz said he heard the owners’ claim that doing so “would have dire results ... and do serious damage to the sport of baseball.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The court heard that the child also had sickle cell disease, which complicated the operation and increased the potential need for a blood transfusion.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Most Americans don’t follow the Supreme Court closely—33% in the Marquette poll said they’d “never heard of” Chief Justice John Roberts—so such survey results always have to be taken for what they’re worth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Good afternoon. I heard you missed me. Here I am," Melania said with a chuckle as she opened an event in the White House Rose Garden.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
As she stepped inside, she heard the sound of someone somewhere playing a fiddle.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The next court hearing was set for September 16.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Witnesses described hearing what they said sounded like an explosion at the open-air artisanal gold mine on Wednesday afternoon, moments before the workers below were trapped.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cohen said he first reached out to Trump to make peace after hearing from an intermediary that the president regretted their fallout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
When it was her turn, Raman said she keeps hearing from residents “that this city feels rudderless.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Didn’t want to make the words real by hearing myself say them out loud: scared that if I pretended to forget who we were, it would mean accepting that the past was truly dead.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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