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Keepers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo trained two sea lions and two fur seals to listen to sounds and press a paddle when they heard a tone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The review will also build on themes that have emerged from safety inspections of maternity units, including the need to listen to families, investigate serious incidents fully and learn from mistakes.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

OK, time to pivot from the slow debasement of public service to a public-service announcement from my colleagues about what to read and listen to if you’re looking for a distraction:

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Americans need to be better informed about how and why the CDC makes its recommendations, and the agency needs to be willing to listen to people’s concerns, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mama wouldn’t listen to that kind of talk at all.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

"Imagine a grandfather who silently embraces you every day, listens to you, and has always been strong and full of life," she says.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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

“It’s not like I can casually bring my boyfriend or a random friend who listens to a couple songs”—they balk at the high prices, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

“He never listens to me; he just cries until he gets what he wants! He’s a big baby!”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

So, I listened to this thing called “The Broadcast,” which used to be called “The Fisheries Broadcast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I listened to that thing over and over again, until I spilled a bottle of soap in my tape deck and ruined it.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

He had a captive audience in Cruise, who listened, Iñárritu said, like a “kid hearing a tale being told.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Flannery added: "I wish, in my political heart, it was all now irrelevant. But with my vanity and my desire to be listened to as a writer, I do feel validated."

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

We both listened for a moment as the footsteps bore closer.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

"She had time to tell me was that she is, for the moment, in Iceland, where she is listening to the wind," Carlberg, said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"We remain committed to listening to our team members and engaging with our unions in good faith," the company said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

For 10 years now — actually, since around the time streaming decisively overtook people’s listening habits — these Beatles releases have made a pretty compelling case for the collectible physical object.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Couples who exercised together also reported better listening and stronger feelings that their spouse heard and supported them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

I should be at school already, claiming my good-luck desk in the front right corner of the math room and listening to my tune-everything-out playlist while coloring the next page in my coloring-for-stress-relief book.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison