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"Throughout my time as a councillor, my priority has been to listen to residents, address their concerns and work hard on the issues that matter to our community. That remains unchanged," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“If you listen, people will give you feedback, and if you take action on the feedback, things will improve,” Steve said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
El-Sayed says he has "been able to listen and learn ... and where my comments in the past have caused unnecessary pain, to apologize."
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Then we got into “Motomami” together and it became a fixture to listen to it backstage before our shows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
We listen to the rest of the song without speaking.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Outside a nearby shack Linkie listens with interest as she cleans clothes in a large metal bucket.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
If the above sounds familiar, then you might already be a Wholigan — someone who routinely listens to the long-running celebrity podcast “Who? Weekly.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 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
Steps softly to his grandparents' bedroom, listens at the closed door to Oma's steady breathing, Opa's light snoring.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Participants from both Western European and East Asian cultures watched and listened to different versions of the speakers before rating how confident their answers appeared.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“Even for a kid who mostly listened to rap music, she was an icon. A superstar in every sense.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"It was emotionally draining, not to be listened to, not to be heard," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
I listened politely, nibbling my onion petals in a state of Zen-like detachment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
That night we listened to our messengers’ reports.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
Jonas now travels the world to conduct listening sessions with other Gund employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It seems like you are heavily inspired by literature, more so than other artists would be by just general music and listening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 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
He glanced at me out of his small black eyes to see if I was listening.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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