overheard
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To come up with story ideas, you should cultivate a writer’s mindset and convert all of life—the children in your elementary school, the conversation you overheard in a coffee shop—into potential material.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
He knew the campaign was paying off when he overheard MPs in a parliamentary bar complaining about the flood of letters they were receiving on the subject.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He recalled when he was 15, growing up in the Vietnamese city of Ca Mau, he overheard his father’s friend ask for a loan to buy a car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She only learned about the reintroduction plan after asking rangers about discussions she had overheard.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
And then, a few nights before they were to leave for Tanaburi, Nok had overheard her parents talking as she lay in bed.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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