listen
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The European Union needs to "listen to industry" more, according to Alain D'haese of the European Aerosol Federation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Healing often begins when we find the words for what we have carried—and when someone is willing to listen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It offers a sports-themed way of approaching the topic, called GOALS, representing G: get ready; O: open the conversation; A: ask the question; L: listen and respond and S: support and signpost.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“You are the only person I know who could get me to listen to a Sleater-Kinney spinoff. But I will. Now that you’ve told me to.”
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Don’t listen to him, Arlo. He brags about you all the time.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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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
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
He often sits with the herd, feeds them cookies and other treats and listens to their calls, adding to a language he’s been learning since childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Nobody listens to me. I said we should have left an hour ago.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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A woman who had listened to me and offered guidance about raising children at a time when I had none.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Dave Marsh was born in Flint, Michigan, where his dad worked on the railroad and did not appreciate the length of his son’s hair or the music he listened to.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Walter and team president Stan Kasten decided to address the problem, climbing the narrow stairwell to the top level where they found the fan and listened to his complaint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Several weeks ago, Brown listened to a supposed recruiter pitch a Florida property-management job that “seemed off because it was too perfect.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The problem with being small and nine years old and alone was that no one listened to him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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"But we can all be better at asking, listening, and helping someone find the right support."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
It’s an impressive display of self-reliance, and you wouldn’t necessarily know that you are listening to a one-man band.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
It also showed me a larger, broader landscape and a way of thinking existed, not just for Springsteen, but for all of the other music I was listening to.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Wakeful rest can include activities such as daydreaming, drawing, listening to music, or chatting with friends, which can promote learning.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
As I stood there listening to her clear voice ring out over the valley, I happened to glance down to the raw, red wound in my pony’s leg.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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