listen
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It’s easy to judge, but it’s better to listen and learn from other people’s experiences.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
She hoped the new Earthwatch Europe report would mean "people are going to start to listen to us".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The court will decide exactly how closely judges are required to listen to guidelines of the United States Sentencing Commission over how long a convicted defendant can be jailed for.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
Albania's capital Tirana saw clashes for a fifth straight day Saturday as protesters demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama, who pledged to listen to their criticism.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Say listen, I think Alice’s pet garter snake has come to pay us a visit,” Tansy said.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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"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
Anyone who listens to this single on Cyrus’ 2017 album, “Younger Now,” can hear Parton’s bubbly voice behind that of her goddaughter, nestled between samples of phone messages the legend left for the pop songstress.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 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
Ama’s eyes turn sad as she listens to me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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"And my mother rued that day for the rest of her life. She just wished she'd listened to herself."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
I listened politely, nibbling my onion petals in a state of Zen-like detachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
The accused, dressed in a green prison jumpsuit, was in court where he listened to proceedings through an interpreter.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
She married Bill Darrid, a writer-producer, and we moved into a three-bedroom farmhouse in Westport, Conn. I finally had a father who listened to me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Standing as still as the sycamores around me, I waited and listened.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
When listening to someone speak, for example, the brain can use the words already heard to form expectations about what is likely to follow.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Economists will be listening closely to Fed officials over the next few days to see if there is any change in guidance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
If people are laughing, they’re also agreeing, listening, emoting, caring; it’s my favorite thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Duane was not listening to that voice, even though he’d known and trusted that voice for as long as he could remember.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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