hear
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"Chloe's parents have agreed to meet with us so we can hear their views and update on actions the department is taking."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She was speaking to AFP after a "listening meeting" in Selfoss, one of the many small towns the Social Democratic leader has visited to hear Icelanders' questions and concerns on the issue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
WSJ visited Vermilion Parish to hear from residents on both sides of the divide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
When working on music, do you ever hear a song the first time through and go, “This needs to be tweaked a little bit. It’s not NCT 127 enough?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Cam nodded, then whispered so only Bee could hear: “We all know why that line’s shorter.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
The more he listens to the cassette, the more he likes what he hears and the more his spirits rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"The clarification is intended to protect the integrity of each performance and to ensure the audience always hears the lead vocals on each song performed live," said the EBU.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Of course you do,” Moon, 31, said he typically hears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I say his name—I say it because I hope that if he hears me, he’ll come to me in my dreams tonight.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
He said that during his time with the department, he had heard of other reports of wrongdoing that ended up going nowhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Gao's case was heard in a one-day, closed-door trial earlier this year, which received limited coverage in China.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton said she heard the power ballad version for the first time on the radio, and felt so overwhelmed that she had to pull over to avoid crashing her Cadillac.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Five seconds, maybe six—that’s all it took, the first time you heard her voice, to understand: Five seconds, and you knew you’d be listening to her forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Hard bargain,” my dad said, just as we heard Uncle Max pulling in.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The court determined that my friend failed to reschedule a hearing, although he says he has documentation showing that he attempted to do so.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
After an initial hearing, the judge paused the rollout, but the city appealed, getting the lower-court’s order put on hold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
On December 8, 2021, Mosseri testified at a Congressional hearing about the negative impacts of social media on young people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Salazar was identified as the suspect after a motorist contacted authorities regarding a driver who had aggressively confronted him minutes before Clinkunbroomer was killed, according to evidence presented at a prior hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
On hearing the rustling of paper, I turned around just as Daisy walked up to me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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