listen
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“I would think of my profile as sort of a really cute living room/open garden. And people could come in and have a little cafecito, or a little tea and listen to poetry,” Martínez said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“I had to find something else to listen to.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"When labour comes together to demand a raise, we have to listen," he said, "but that often means cutting into already thin margins or absorbing losses on existing purchase orders."
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
No surprise, really: To listen to earlier stuff by Dan + Shay, Bieber’s collaborators on “10,000 Hours,” is to hear how extensively white-soul singing had reshaped country by the early 2010s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
She told us about how the people who hold office really need to listen to the people they represent, even if they don't say much.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Vocabulary lists containing listen
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Part 1 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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Spelling Practice, Unit 7
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