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At the time, Burnham, who was still Greater Manchester mayor, said he understood where Rayner was "coming from" and that Labour "would do well to listen to what Angela has to say".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
“When Byron Sher wanted to come into the office and had the bill, would he get in? Absolutely. Would the governor listen to him? Yes,” Merksamer said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Artificial intelligence is giving researchers a new way to listen to what patients are saying about popular GLP-1 drugs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
But as I’ve learned from being on the receiving end of uninvited advice, sometimes you just want someone to listen without immediately telling you what to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
“Don’t listen to him, Arlo. He brags about you all the time.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
The idea was to put on Krapp's Last Tape, an intense one-man play in which an ageing writer listens back to recordings of his younger self, remembering a lifetime of regrets and missed opportunities.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
How to speak so someone listens, how to make eye contact, how to focus on what’s happening between two people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
He often sits with the herd, feeds them cookies and other treats and listens to their calls, adding to a language he’s been learning since childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
She relaxes her arms as she listens to him and then begins to laugh.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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She said suspicions from family members about the care of their loved one were not listened to.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
On the winding road southward we listened as another BBC presenter managed to get Gore Vidal on the phone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dave Marsh was born in Flint, Michigan, where his dad worked on the railroad and did not appreciate the length of his son’s hair or the music he listened to.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Walter and team president Stan Kasten decided to address the problem, climbing the narrow stairwell to the top level where they found the fan and listened to his complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
She listened for the familiar sounds of her mother making breakfast, but there were only the new and different sounds of a hospital.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
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"Donald, if you're listening, I am very grateful. It's a very good gesture," Carney said, calling Trump "a very good host."
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Working with technology partners including Google and MITRE, the center brings together many kinds of data, including information on human disease, livestock, environmental conditions, weather, national health records, and social listening.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Actor Luke Evans said he has survived Hollywood by "watching and listening" to actors he admired.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Thanks to his community’s social schedule, Beck is out several nights a week listening to live music, relaxing with friends or going on dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
I should be at school already, claiming my good-luck desk in the front right corner of the math room and listening to my tune-everything-out playlist while coloring the next page in my coloring-for-stress-relief book.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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