listening
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Most nights I was a simple man at the end of the bar, taking in the spectacle, listening, watching.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
“I was listening to Kraftwerk and there’s a certain attitude when people are on an escalator,” he explains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Lula "is someone you can tell is always open to listening, to hearing criticism -- obviously constructive criticism," Ana Elisa told AFP at a park in Divinopolis, her hometown in southeastern Brazil.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The book’s military acronyms and invented supernatural terminology sometimes make it feel like we are listening to a conversation we are not meant to be part of.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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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