hear
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During one stretch on Ashe, Kostyuk said, “I didn’t even hear the ball, like even when I was hitting it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
You can hear the whole argument in the arc of his songs.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
"You don't really hear about sepsis in this context," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Without legal representation, they asked the Supreme Court to hear their cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The cortex is where you actually see what your eyes transmit, smell what your nose senses, taste what your tongue samples, touch what your nerves report, and hear what your ears pick up.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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However, some parents believe it is absolutely crucial their child hears that they are loved.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
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
Axel feels the next words coming, like when Ray hears the cars coming up the driveway before anyone else in the house.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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Resident Sutrismi, 47, said she was at home on Saturday when she heard a "crackling sound", looked out of the window and saw smoke rising from the peatland across the road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
I have heard from haggard, decrepit millennials that it used to be different, that it used to be grungy and alternative.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
The last time the justices heard a case filed by a petitioner without a lawyer was in 2021, when the court took an appeal from William Wooden, a prisoner challenging burglary convictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
“When I heard about the Magnapinna first, I never thought I would be seeing one one day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
I heard Nate offer to take me and Mom agreed.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“I used to be hearing from them; my phone would be exploding. Now, that’s not happening,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
She said she was summoned to a court hearing by police, but decided not to go because she feared officials wanted to use the meeting to extract a bribe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
A hearing was scheduled for 29 September, where prosecutors could outline their next steps in the case.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I feel safer hearing that and decide that I do want to vent to her.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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