hear
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“And then you hear the ‘Boom!’ and I said, ‘Somebody’s gone,’ because that was a loud boom and they were speeding very fast.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He added: "It does concern me when I hear MPs of whatever persuasion say to me that the situation is variable, that it can have an element of arbitrariness about it."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But to supporters, these mistakes are a small price to pay to never hear the words “VAR controversy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The knight didn't hear his squire's urgent cries.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The Disney fan also told Allen that Buzz was his favourite character from the films, with Allen joking: "I want you to make sure that Tom hears that when he comes out here."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
It will be the first time the public hears from Warsh in his new role as the central bank’s chair.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 14, 2026
At first, Meltzer says that even his own colleagues found the existence of scromiting—which he now hears the sound of in the ER multiple times a week—hard to believe.
From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2026
Mr. McCartney, in the author’s telling, strolls on the grounds with the guru, hears a phone ringing insistently and runs to answer it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Axel is so far into the game, when he listens, he hears a Purrloin purring.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
He first heard about him when potential supporters told him they were already preparing to support Hamawy, and he decided he should too.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
"Martha woke up and she couldn't lift her head off the pillow, she said she knew right away that she had polio, because she heard so much about it," McVey said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Reaves was stunned when he heard about James’ decision while playing golf in Lake Tahoe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“He went from being a nobody no one ever heard of to becoming one of the biggest labor and political leaders in the United States,” said Wheaton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He’d lived in the city of Muskogee his whole life and had never heard of it.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
He discovered the restaurant after hearing Ed Begley Jr. rhapsodize about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Laidlaw said: "He was in a psychotic state and had lost contact with reality. He was not able to distinguish what was real and what was not. He was hearing voices and had delusional beliefs."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
For example, federal employees have a constitutional and statutory right to a hearing before they can be fired from their positions.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Several years ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Collins speak at my grandson’s college graduation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
I was not at all sure the sergeant believed what he was hearing.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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