overhear
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You can talk to it, let it overhear your day and—in the case of glasses—let it see what you’re seeing in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
One can opt to be a relatively passive observer trying to overhear conversations and uncover the various storylines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2025
Sometimes I just watch, trying to melt into a crowd, to overhear conversations, to spot glances and gestures and to see who leads and who follows.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2025
I regularly overhear other birders marveling over the flashy warblers in breeding plumage, while overlooking other comparatively less-flashy birds like vireos and sparrows.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
But he did overhear her talking about me and that’s why he came and found me.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
Nearby, 40-year-old Masoumeh overhears our conversation and joins in.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
It is she who ensures Heathcliff overhears Cathy as she laments how marrying him would degrade her, causing him to flee Wuthering Heights and leave Cathy to marry Edgar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
When he overhears Jonathan describing him as having, “too much money and no taste,” Ripley feels slighted, which is why he gets Jonathan involved in doing Reeves’ dirty work.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024
All seems idyllic — until the day Beth, approaching her husband and brother-in-law in a store, overhears Don saying that he doesn’t like her new novel at all, but he can’t tell her.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2023
On Wednesday, when I get to the bus stop, the kids are talking about a Hideout game night—in low voices, so nobody else overhears.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
Mr. Wade calls this process of inheritance “catching,” the transmission of a tune without formal notation or instruction, overheard once and absorbed by musicians who may now be little remembered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
While sitting in the intensive care unit, Martin overheard another mother mention her daughter had the same condition.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Child support,” I’d overheard Mom saying through her closed bedroom door.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
You couldn't walk down the main street without spotting some of the courtroom's stars, or grab a coffee without overhearing chatter about the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
A tipster in the southern U.S. recalled overhearing a conversation that seemed to connect a local woman to the pipe bombs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
“Kids are often being exposed to these topics anyway, through their peers, the media and overhearing conversations,” said Wenner Moyer.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2024
Suddenly the customer at the next table over, overhearing the conversation, leaned over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
In the dining hall, Ella made them sit far away from the other Level Ones so they could discuss what to do about Masterji Thakur without anyone overhearing.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
