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hear

[heer] / hɪər /




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What we most want to hear: Does he share his hawkish colleagues’ concern that inflation is not going to fall back to 2% unless the Fed raises rates?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I’m increasingly inclined to hear it as a promise.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

"My only hope is to hear back from them that they are safe."

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

Porter’s family recently asked Hochman to convene a grand jury to hear the facts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

“Uh… thanks. When did you hear me play?”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Mr. Power gives us some lines of Barrett Browning’s poem, in which he hears echoes of the work that inspired it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Letsch, the elder-law attorney in Iowa, said she often hears from families trying to untangle messes with farms because they’ve been given bad advice.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

"The clarification is intended to protect the integrity of each performance and to ensure the audience always hears the lead vocals on each song performed live," said the EBU.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“Of course you do,” Moon, 31, said he typically hears.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

If the person hears us approaching, they do not let on.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

The electorate nibbles popcorn quietly, waiting their turn to let their voices be heard on who should hold legislative power for the next two years.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

“I’m dipping nuggets you’ve never heard of into sources you could never understand,” she declares bluntly, causing us to cackle out of sheer surprise.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

I had vaguely heard about MS but I really knew nothing about the degenerative disease.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“So far, we haven’t heard whether he’s dead or alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

I doubt if either one heard the introduction.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The Labour leader will spend time in Belfast hearing from young people before meeting Stormont's first and deputy first ministers.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

“I’m tired of hearing you and him arguing all the time!”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Because you were hearing for a while from teachers with film students who couldn’t sit through a movie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The judge did not issue a ruling at the end of Thursday's hearing and it was not immediately clear when it might come.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

It was the fourth and final hearing, and we had come back into the small hut for the signing of the procès-verbal.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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