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This is a brand whose clothing is the sartorial equivalent of that person in the room who everyone listens to, despite them never raising their voice.
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Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
Keep your music and your podcasts to yourself Nobody drove two hours, paid a park fee and hiked five miles into the woods to listen to Morgan Wallen blaring from your backpack.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Our ability to continue to listen to bad guys talking to bad guys abroad continues.
—CBS News, 14 June 2026
Although many of her test results still appeared relatively normal, the doctor listened carefully and ordered additional bloodwork out of concern for something more serious.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
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Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
Keep your music and your podcasts to yourself Nobody drove two hours, paid a park fee and hiked five miles into the woods to listen to Morgan Wallen blaring from your backpack.
—Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
Our ability to continue to listen to bad guys talking to bad guys abroad continues.
—CBS News, 14 June 2026
Although many of her test results still appeared relatively normal, the doctor listened carefully and ordered additional bloodwork out of concern for something more serious.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen
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Crowds were heard cheering outside of the building as crews put up scaffolding to reach the building's signage.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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So, Juneteenth, to me, is this perfect embodiment of how, from the moment that folks heard (the news about the Emancipation Proclamation), there was celebration, there was unity, there was community.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2026
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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