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headphones

NOUN
device for hearing sound
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Then I watch them roll their eyes, mutter “You already told me this, Dad” and put their headphones back on.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

A July trip to Target to get everything on her list — among the items, two packs of wired headphones, Band-Aids, eight folders and four composition notebooks — cost about $230.

From Salon Aug. 18, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The Shokz OpenSwim Pro headphones work above and below the water.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Glover says technology companies should bear some responsibility, suggesting they should provide headphones at railway stations or return to automatically selling them with phones.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

A ragged breath came through the headphones, staticky.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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