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hear

[heer] / hɪər /




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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

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

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

“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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