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listen

[lis-uhn] / ˈlɪs ən /


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It is their role to listen and be kind when you share details about your lives.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

It’s right next to you, wherever you are, if you only listen for it.

From Salon Sep. 21, 2026

Meta has been marketing smart glasses as a way to listen to audio, take phone calls, capture video and talk to its AI assistant without having to whip out a smartphone.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

They are not the only ones to revamp their squad but if you listen to De Zerbi, after about five years they might come good.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

I thought now that she was bored and might just be pretending to listen.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

"Imagine a grandfather who silently embraces you every day, listens to you, and has always been strong and full of life," she says.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

He listens to them, as they navigate their complicated feelings, closely tracking the way their intersecting paths lead them toward incremental revelation.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Edmond “Eddy” Porteous, one of the novel’s narrators, is an 18-year-old gay man in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1988, and like many artsy young people he expresses his personality through the music he listens to.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

In fact, I was so enchanted by Oberst’s melodies it took me a few listens to realize how shallow I found his lyrics.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2008

Am I already turning into a jerky teenager who never listens?

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

"If I'd had the money or if I hadn't listened to the spin on TikTok, I probably would have gone somewhere closer to home and not rushed into it," she says.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Francesca said the justice system had let a lot of people down, including Karol's five children, the wider family and the jury at the trial who listened to "thorough, onerous and sometimes difficult evidence".

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

In person Friday morning, El-Sayed mostly stood there and listened.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

While in China, he listened to American bebop and jazz on the radio and watched American films at the movie theater owned by his best friend’s father.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

He did not see the looks of wonder on their faces as they listened to Jonn's words.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

He said he was working out how to contribute in a way that would help "victims of these terrible times - and listening and learning, because I do not know enough".

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

And he’s around in this town where nobody’s listening to him half the time.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

If you each take turns listening to each other’s problems ad nauseum, no one wins.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

However, listening to Saylor make his sales pitch to the men filling the expo hall, I understood why people kept giving him money.

From Slate Sep. 20, 2026

I watched him for a moment, listening to the livid swiff, swiff, swiff of the broom.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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