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But Tom, when I said “should I change the title?” he said, “The title’s what got me to listen to the demo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
A desire to listen more to the market and to say less has been Warsh’s signature stance since arriving at his new post in May.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
"She is a diva," Bandit said, adding that she hoped people would "take a minute to listen to her message, and be a little bit more like Dolly."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
It's more difficult to listen to a person who has been changing the industry for decades.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Torak couldn’t make out what she was saying, but to his dismay, others drew closer to listen.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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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
By the end of last year, EsDeeKid's monthly listens on Spotify had "skyrocketed", external, which Dazed said had "half of Europe rapping in his distinctive scouse accent".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
As part of his reporting, he regularly listens to corporate earnings calls and began noticing a pattern: When publicly traded alcohol companies missed sales targets, executives often reached for the same explanation.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Clark still listens to music every day -- mostly classical music and jazz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
You don't have to have any musical training at all to have these expectations; you only need to have grown up in a culture that listens to this kind of music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Have you ever listened to a friend talk with great passion and depth about a seemingly mundane thing, and come away seeing it differently?
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Over the last several days, we have listened and reflected deeply on the hurt and disappointment caused by the video we reposted," it said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Raised in a one-room cabin with no electricity, she listened to the Grand Ole Opry on a battery-powered radio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“I can’t remember the last time I listened to music while driving,” said Wright.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
She listened, hearing the slap, slap of the river licking the shore.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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Burnham is visiting a location in south Wales as part of his listening tour.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
One 38-year-old influencer and stay-at-home mother of two started listening to Owens after Kirk died.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
She was speaking to AFP after a "listening meeting" in Selfoss, one of the many small towns the Social Democratic leader has visited to hear Icelanders' questions and concerns on the issue.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
She is a genius at looking and listening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
For all Jonah knew, someone could have gone back in time to tap their phones ten years ago, but was listening to their conversations fifty years in the future.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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