overhear

As he sat in the parking lot, he wrote, the car circled him for five minutes, and he could overhear the driver on the phone through her vehicle’s speaker system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

She said it’s more irritating, for instance, to overhear social-media videos than to witness a face-to-face conversation at the same volume, because “personal listening devices are supposed to be personal.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Further along the footpath around the old dock, I overhear an American accent.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 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

“And what did this prophecy say? Did you happen to overhear that?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

When Elizabeth learns that her cancer has returned, Sophie overhears her parents’ subsequent conversation via a butt-dial from her father’s phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Nearby, 40-year-old Masoumeh overhears our conversation and joins in.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

When she overhears a man clearing his throat, the jig is up.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2023

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

“My friend cleans the police station, and she overhears a lot,” said Madame Emile.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

The actors speak quietly, as if fearful of being overheard, whether or not there is anyone around to hear, and often regard one another with pained or stunned expressions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

She only learned about the reintroduction plan after asking rangers about discussions she had overheard.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

One local, wearing a traffic cone hat was overheard saying he was "totally bummed" his kilt didn't arrive in time.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

While sitting in the intensive care unit, Martin overheard another mother mention her daughter had the same condition.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

An older trainee overheard and shouted, “This Level One's got it.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Bayoumi claimed he had met the pair in Los Angeles, after briefly overhearing them speaking Arabic in a restaurant.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Jason Bateman was hearing from pals too, reporting the conversations they were overhearing at restaurants and bars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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

At eleven he had denounced his uncle to the Thought Police after overhearing a conversation which appeared to him to have criminal tendencies.

From "1984" by George Orwell