- present participle of hear.
hearing
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At the first court hearing, called a pre-inquest review, Sarah discovered that she was facing a legal team representing Ballater House, Daniel's care home.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
At Monday's brief hearing, the pair each wore black leather jackets with jeans and stood quietly holding hands behind their lawyers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Additionally, hearing of the institution’s employee strikes, dismissals and downsizing due to lower enrollments, I respectfully declined.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
A child whose hearing loss is caught at 4 does not need speech therapy at 8.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Jonah missed hearing the first name because of Katherine.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
And during Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation hearings, some media outlets claimed that President Donald Trump’s nominee had plagiarized parts of his 2006 book about assisted suicide.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The first trial was dramatically annulled last year after two-and-a-half months of hearings, following revelations that one of the judges overseeing it took part in a clandestine documentary about the case.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Deoudes and Rustici’s mother now find themselves testifying at the same local and state hearings, virtually and in-person, as the debate over bans versus regulation plays out across the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Kevin Southworth has acknowledged that failures to remand Levy in custody during court hearings in May and June 2025 left him free to commit further offences.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Sorry, we’re too busy. No more hearings today.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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