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McBryde calls John “a guitar god” and says TJ’s deep voice “could make your kneecaps come unglued”; she adds that she likes to listen to their records “while I’m doing yard work, slinging a chainsaw.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Because Warsh hasn’t narrated the committee’s thinking in the way his predecessors often did, investors now have to listen more carefully to everyone else, said Claudia Sahm, a former Fed economist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
As you very well know, Dahlia, I have been trying to have this conversation with anyone who would listen for years.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
It’s named for the Tokyo district known for its jazz kissa, cafés dating back to post-war Japan where visitors listen to vinyl on premium sound equipment.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
I walked up the washout about a hundred yards and stopped to listen.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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To pass the time, Mauri surfs YouTube, listens to music or stand-up comedy, or watches golf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Outside a nearby shack Linkie listens with interest as she cleans clothes in a large metal bucket.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
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
“The demon prince, he understands. He listens to us. He has not forgotten us because we’re gone.”
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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"I feel like our voices have been heard; fellow motorists like myself have been listened to," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
It is a rallying cry coined by Frelick as a way to remind Milwaukee’s hitters to make every at-bat a fight—and they have listened.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
The minister said he had listened to their concerns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
While waiting for the magic to start, we listened to the hi-hat riff of ice cubes click-clacking as Stotler worked a cocktail shaker.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Chase pulled on a pair of cargo pants, T-shirt, and tennis shoes, then listened to the weather on the radio as he ate breakfast.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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“Money brings opportunities, but it has to be done with deep listening and care for the limits of the land and the people that were here before,” said Rachel Farrington, the center’s executive director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
So it also appears elected prosecutors were listening to voters in both directions.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
He told The Times in 2002 that he remembered thinking, “That sounds conversational, that they intend for me to be listening, that I’m smart enough to be listening,” when he first heard the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
"It was through listening to the adults' conversations that I came to understand how much those spaces had grown out of exclusion from mainstream venues," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The group of about twenty kids is seated in a circle, listening to Wes, who is in the middle of a story.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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