hear
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“It’s a community brought together to hear a story well told, which allows them to create a life memory they get to carry forward for years and years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
And you look at that number and say the thing I hear almost every week.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
If you happen to live near a U.S. refinery, well, sorry to hear that, but you’ve probably noticed it’s very busy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A number of residents from nearby villages and towns said they could see plumes of smoke and could hear sirens racing to the scene.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Once you hear his story, you can decide for yourself.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
But she says that after mental-performance training, she hears, “This has helped me find my passion again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Laura Miller hears about the rise of online sperm donors and the case for single women getting IVF on the NHS.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Showing up at these hearings is one of the best ways for both tenants and landlords to ensure the board hears their testimony.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
At first, Meltzer says that even his own colleagues found the existence of scromiting—which he now hears the sound of in the ER multiple times a week—hard to believe.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
On Wednesday, Chip said, “That’s it. I’m calling Daniella McCarthy back. I don’t care who hears me.”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
“We’ve heard of ‘eureka’ and, yes, there was this eureka moment,” he recalled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Richard Vague’s “The Banker Who Made America” rescues Willing from oblivion, declaring his subject “the most powerful figure in early American history that you’ve likely never heard of.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Understandably, if you don’t feel heard during these preliminary conversations, it could be challenging.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The trial heard how Spencer had been on a night out with friends at the Groucho Club on 12 August 2023, prior to him becoming an MP.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I’ve heard that Sandy and June were two different people—sisters or brothers or lovebirds.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It drives me crazy, hearing them say that over and over again.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
"I'm hearing of a lot of companies that are interviewing multiple candidates across the board but are not pulling the trigger on actual hiring decisions."
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
During the hearing, Brand, hands clasped behind his jail jumpsuit, said he owed the biggest apology “to the people who lost out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
On Wednesday, Williamson was seen briefly on screen with dark hair and glasses as she listened to the hearing from HMP Downview prison in Surrey, England, alongside a mental health support worker.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The serious-minded priest, hearing all that talk about giants and enchantments, imagined that this must be the hero of the book the Duke liked to read often.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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