hear
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When it was announced that he would make a media statement reporters scrambled to hear what he had to say.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The front page of the Times carries a photo of Earl Spencer, captioned "I don't hear denial from the King".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“I don’t hear any noises,” he said, pacing a raised floor above a chamber that circulates air to cool servers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Scott is a beloved member of the Luxor and MGM Resorts family, and we are relieved to hear that he is recovering,” an MGM Resorts spokesman told Vegas news outlets on Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
He doesn’t have to say it for me to hear it: You got this, Lexie.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
First, a guy hears about the currency from a friend.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
“There’s something that’s really important that everybody hears from Anthropic, and I think the president has said this many, many times: The United States needs to stay in the lead on AI,” Heck said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
When Lucy* puts her child to bed, she hears a constant humming.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Mr. Power gives us some lines of Barrett Browning’s poem, in which he hears echoes of the work that inspired it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But I don’t know if Sandy hears me, because he keeps right on going.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
For a PA announcer, it turns out, there are times when it’s important to be heard and seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
After finishing, he cracked a joke: “I hope you enjoyed my support acts this evening, I heard they were great.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
A number of apparent explosions have since been heard in the capital and major problems reported at King Khalid International Airport, with the tracking website FlightRadar24 reporting long delays and cancellations.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Given how many times we’ve heard that one before, I’m just not convinced.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
I’d heard Pops mention that he wanted to buy it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
She said she’ll be tracking a hearing on Monday run by the House Budget Committee that looks at the need for a fiscal commission.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
A 22-year-old in Massachusetts reported having his account locked and not hearing back after dozens of attempts to reach Polymarket employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
In August, hundreds showed up to defend California’s authority to govern its own coast at a Santa Monica hearing of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, and 18,000 more people filed comments online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Mr Justice Linden scheduled the next hearing for 23 October, when the case is expected to conclude.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I stopped to breathe and was suddenly totally exhausted hearing myself talk.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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