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[lis-uhn] / ˈlɪs ən /


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He urged AI labs to "listen when your scientists warn of severe dangers, investigate unexpected behaviours, and if you can't adequately control the risks, do not release the system".

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Now at more than 200 million streams on Spotify, “In My Room” was the song Wolf knew would click — so she made people listen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The rescuers regularly stop to listen for any noises made by survivors who could be under the rubble.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

OK, time to pivot from the slow debasement of public service to a public-service announcement from my colleagues about what to read and listen to if you’re looking for a distraction:

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 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

If the above sounds familiar, then you might already be a Wholigan — someone who routinely listens to the long-running celebrity podcast “Who? Weekly.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The idea was to put on Krapp's Last Tape, an intense one-man play in which an ageing writer listens back to recordings of his younger self, remembering a lifetime of regrets and missed opportunities.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Anyone who listens to this single on Cyrus’ 2017 album, “Younger Now,” can hear Parton’s bubbly voice behind that of her goddaughter, nestled between samples of phone messages the legend left for the pop songstress.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

“It’s not like I can casually bring my boyfriend or a random friend who listens to a couple songs”—they balk at the high prices, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

His own heart pounds each time he listens to the BBC.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Copeland said she also watched films, read books and autobiographies and listened to podcasts to make sure she knew the world she was portraying.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

So, I listened to this thing called “The Broadcast,” which used to be called “The Fisheries Broadcast.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

I don’t remember what he said, but I vividly recall how he made me feel: worthy of his attention, valued, listened to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I listened to that thing over and over again, until I spilled a bottle of soap in my tape deck and ruined it.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Nim listened hard so that she could remember the stories forever, after Alex left, and tried not to think about when that would happen.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

She’s an interloper among established thespians, a woman in her late 50s who has only just begun listening to the little voice inside her, the one begging her to step outside her comfort zone.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

"As I was listening to them, I knew I was getting closer to my dream, something that I thought never would happen," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Arnold was a 9-year-old boy with an elongated ovoid head who enjoyed listening to jazz fusion under the skylight of his attic bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"We remain committed to listening to our team members and engaging with our unions in good faith," the company said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

She just stood there looking disgusted, and listening to Papa.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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