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earphones

NOUN
device for hearing sound
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The coroner added that "increasingly, more people wear earphones and are therefore less aware of their surroundings".

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

She still packs corded earphones for in-flight entertainment systems along with Apple AirPods Pro 3, which she loves for their size and noise-canceling capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

“I was back in New York, and I was walking down the street and a guy looked up at me, pulled earphones out of his head and said, ‘Hey … you’re on my iPod!’

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2025

Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.

From Science Daily Apr. 23, 2024

A lady-voice comes through the earphones: “You-you don’t look like a dragon.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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