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listen

[lis-uhn] / ˈlɪs ən /


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Jerry treats each song as a poem and doesn’t listen to the music until after the pair has finished their analysis.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

It is arrogant to believe you know more than the market, and you’d be a fool to listen to a pundit who says he does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Intrigued, she agreed to listen to his demos.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

"I won't go to COP where we already know they won’t listen to us, while my village here is burning," she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

I had to strain to listen but they were chanting excitedly.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

“It invites you. That’s the quiet truth at the heart of every listening bar: the room listens back.”

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

To pass the time, Mauri surfs YouTube, listens to music or stand-up comedy, or watches golf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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

The production team unearthed reel-to-reel recordings of that performance more than 40 years ago, and they will be woven into the new production as his character listens back to echoes of his younger self.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Elizabeth closes the recipe notebook and listens to everything I’m saying as if it’s the most interesting thing she’s ever heard.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

He listened for engines, and by now he could distinguish between the sounds even of similar vehicles such as quad bikes and motorcycles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Another shared grievance is the widespread feeling of not being listened to, which is leading to an increasing "distance" and "dissociation" between ordinary people and the state, said Pleyers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

CHANDLER, Ariz. — At balloon-adorned tables in red, white and blue, a handful of voters inside a church gymnasium listened as Medina Moore explained what to do if federal agents show up at the polls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"I feel like our voices have been heard; fellow motorists like myself have been listened to," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

“I should have listened better when you tried to tell me that. Aves, if you’re not having fun—that matters.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Vlasenko kept silent, so that the Russians, if they were listening in, would think him dead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The women each came to court and gave evidence to the jury from behind a screen, with Brand listening from the dock.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Not listening to outside noise is a big part of how Ippolito ended up in “I Play Rocky.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

Hatton said the council was listening to young people but acknowledged there was more work to be done to "learn lessons from the past".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Major Puff was delighted to find the hare listening with rapt attention.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el


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