hear
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“We are saddened to hear the news of Tommy John’s passing,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
I delivered the words every deployed sailor and Marine longs to hear: “You have delivered a performance for the ages, and now you are going home.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Education Secretary Lucy Powell said she was "deeply shocked and saddened" to hear about the death and she urged people to "remember there are real people with loved ones involved".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When older generations describe Gen Z as drinking less, they often seem to hear less interested.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Between the other bussers side-eyeing my sudden elevated status and the sad-faced out-of-towners asking if the rumor about Fireball was true, I couldn’t hear a word of what Sadie and Max had to say.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Of course you do,” Moon, 31, said he typically hears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
On business trips to Europe, he sometimes hears complaints about China’s export strength.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Kurosawa is also of two minds regarding what he frequently hears from Japanese film students, that their goal is getting into top festivals, winning awards and securing global recognition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jo Shields, head of sustainability for Mandy's housing association Walsall Housing Group, known as whg - which owns 23,000 homes across Walsall and the Midlands - hears the same complaint time and again.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
As such, he’s able to slip into the Winnebago bathroom as soon as he hears G’ma say, “Yes, Jimmy, we’re fine. Cool your jets, will ya?”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
"I've heard of people feeling the need to steal baby milk," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The man is lost.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
And he’s heard they’re going to do something about it soon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
American-accented English is heard more often in Tel Aviv and around Jerusalem as visitors from the U.S. finally make good on long-delayed plans to visit family and friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
And then everyone in the room heard it too: The B on the concert grand was flat.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“I like hearing my birds sing,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Jane Swanson, a board member of Mothers for Peace, waits to speak during public comment following a hearing for extending the operation of Diablo on July 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some parents think that their 9-year-old is too young to be hearing about periods and fertility, without realising that some 9 year olds have already started their periods.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The 38-year-old craftsman from Tangiers dropped everything to head to the border town of Fnideq after hearing via social media that the frontier was open.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
This—playing ATO together, reading his happy texts, hearing his voice through his terrible mic—was what I needed today.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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