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Recent Examples of overhear
The importance of sound and reclaiming one’s voice in a toxic relationship takes more of a literal shape when the vacationing pair overhears a neighboring couple violently fighting in the villa below them.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
And then calling him late last night, when his wife might have overheard, what was that about?
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The pilots overheard the altercation and ultimately decided to turn the plane back around to Savannah Hilton Head airport, rather than continue to Miami.
—Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
On June 20, 1940, someone told the night marshal, Tip Hunter, that Elbert Williams, a relative of Elisha Davis’s, had been overheard proposing a meeting between the Brownsville and Jackson NAACP branches.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025
And then calling him late last night, when his wife might have overheard, what was that about?
—Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025
The pilots overheard the altercation and ultimately decided to turn the plane back around to Savannah Hilton Head airport, rather than continue to Miami.
—Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
On June 20, 1940, someone told the night marshal, Tip Hunter, that Elbert Williams, a relative of Elisha Davis’s, had been overheard proposing a meeting between the Brownsville and Jackson NAACP branches.
—Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
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To hear Soderbergh’s full interview, subscribe to the Toolkit podcast on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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Just hearing that and seeing young people recognize themselves not only in Betty, but in Hilda and Justin and Papi.—
Danny Horn,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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Authorities also will monitor air quality for radiation and use drones and surveillance cameras to keep an eye on the crowds.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Although not a household name like the CIA or FBI, the NSA is a vast and extremely high-tech spying agency that specializes in gathering signals intelligence – more commonly known as electronic eavesdropping - around the world, in space and more recently in cyberspace.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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But everything would suddenly shift after a woman named Ariana spied Foxy’s photo.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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