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hear out

VERB
listen to
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Even some of the country’s leading conservatives have vowed to hear out the demonstrators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

In a statement, a Whole Foods spokesperson said the company, which employs around 100,000 people at more than 500 stores, is willing to hear out its employees.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

Activists I knew in Orange County were intrigued but initially skeptical at staff members’ willingness to hear out ideas, no matter how radical, in an area long dismissed by L.A.-area do-gooders.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

The call of the corncrake is a “lovely noise to hear out in the washes,” says Emilie Fox-Teece of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney, Norfolk.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

“It is my duty to hear out a female warrior before I sentence her or her allies to death. That is the Amazon way. Or have your years in the Underworld muddled your memory, Otrera?”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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