heed
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In other countries, Mr. Mandelbaum writes, “a small circle of officials” tend to dominate foreign relations, paying scant heed to “what the people of the country have thought or wanted.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Paying heed to text and history requires an inclusive constitutionalism that centers their views.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
It was a warning Wales did not heed and Fiji's second attack resulted in the opening try.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Urging people to heed scientific warnings, he said: "People are closing their eyes -- but it is extremely serious."
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Hal cried “Whoa! whoa!” but they gave no heed.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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Not everyone heeds the finality of the message, however, as frantic family and friends refuse to give up on loved ones trapped under the debris.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
As the strikes surge, air sirens go off frequently, but not everyone heeds them.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
Even when Moses heeds his mother’s word and gets out of the house for his long, daily walks, Pansy launches another problem at him.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
While the expansion project originates in Canada, an oil spill, like tankers, salmon and orca, heeds no borders.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
"This wolf king heeds your counsel, does he?"
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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Had it heeded a more malevolent sensibility than an instinct to overexplain, it might have been more ruthlessly effective at yucking our yum for road trips.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
We were in one of these back in 2024, with $950 billion set to come due to savers who heeded the call to lock in interest rates before they dropped.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
The duo noted that Germany had heeded Trump's calls for greater spending on defense and that it had allowed American planes to use German bases and airspace during the ongoing conflict with Iran.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
If only they’d heeded their instinct to keep quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
For three hours—until six o’clock—he persisted in the same inexorable vein: that Judge Fielding’s admonitions should be heeded with the utmost seriousness and that reasonable doubt existed.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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One of the crew members said ships were heeding the warning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Youngsters appear to be heeding this message - several children and teenagers participated in the Monday's parades, decked out in creative costumes.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
The disastrous Alamo Bowl defeat would serve as an especially sobering reminder that while USC made progress under Lynn, it’s still a ways from heeding Riley’s guarantee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
Venezuela's aviation authority said Wednesday that it banned multiple airlines accused of "terrorism" after they suspended routes, heeding warnings from the United States about military activity in the region.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heeding the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River.'
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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