overheard

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Another snippet I overheard in Studio City: “You gotta make music from the heart, man, and the label will feel it.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Many go through extensive training focused on not misusing client information for personal profit or leaving sensitive information in places where it could be overheard or picked up.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

He overheard them talking about a Middle Eastern man who’d been brought back from London for questioning in the U.S.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

She says Epstein paid only part of that amount and that she overheard phone calls in which the woman pressured him to pay the remainder.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

She almost added, “Especially for ponies,” but she was not sure whether her exhortations to Rainbow while riding the velocipede had been overheard by Simon, so she omitted that detail for now.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood