- present participle of hear.
hearing
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Jason Bateman was hearing from pals too, reporting the conversations they were overhearing at restaurants and bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Other days I've imagined hearing her drinking water and her footsteps.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The 38-year-old craftsman from Tangiers dropped everything to head to the border town of Fnideq after hearing via social media that the frontier was open.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
So, he worked with the Teenage Cancer Trust, hearing from young cancer survivors as well as parents who had lost children.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
No. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth has acknowledged that failures to remand Levy in custody during court hearings in May and June 2025 left him free to commit further offences.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
He also admonished Nexstar for not providing that information in any of the hearings or in its filings with the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Just by having the hearings, it validates it. It’s a validation tool. ‘If they’re talking about it, it must be real.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It gives the state a number to point to, a process it can hold up in filings and hearings as proof that vulnerable people are being found and protected.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
The AEC personnel board hearings foreshadowed a conflict over security and politics that would have a historic impact on the Berkeley campus and the Rad Lab.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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