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From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
From Monday, 10 August, listen to an Arsenal special on the Women's Football Weekly podcast.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
"Mike, listen, man," he said, referring to Rogers, his Republican rival in November's election.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
When I listen to your music, it sounds so sunny and playful, but there’s always a subterranean current of profound sadness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I stopped to listen, to be quite sure my ears were not playing tricks on me.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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He often sits with the herd, feeds them cookies and other treats and listens to their calls, adding to a language he’s been learning since childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Clark still listens to music every day -- mostly classical music and jazz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Won, the sales consultant, sometimes listens to a work-related podcast while riding his lawn tractor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
To be outside the place where He speaks or listens.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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Later, I was able to reconcile myself with the notion that Mexican music and the records that I listened to as a child are a big part of my identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It said that trustees had "listened carefully to feedback" and recognised the "clear need for change".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I listened to Bob Dylan and everything, like my whole world just went into the opposite - flipped," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
If the hacks or detractors listened to the references it was all about achievement in what the team did to win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Then they listened, to see if there was any response.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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The CJP has said it will organise a "nationwide listening tour" to hear the concerns of young Indians, while continuing to back protests over exam irregularities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 8, 2026
And it’s worth listening for whatever management says about export permits — the one thing neither company controls.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Or what would the song he’d be listening to at that moment, walking back into work?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
In many ways, it feels like an inflection point in which more community leaders and elected officials are listening to their concerned constituents and hitting the pause button on development for now.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Because sometimes if you’re saying something deep and abiding, you want saying it to be the only thing you’re doing, and listening to it to be the only thing the other person’s doing.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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