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Recent Examples of overhear
Just behind him, while packing up his things, receiver Tyquan Thornton overheard Worthy talking and spoke up — loud enough so the microphones could hear him.
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Jesse Newell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Until, that is, Curry overheard a woman on the bus and had a lightbulb moment.
—Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Lo overhears a scuffle in the cabin next door and a distinct splash in the freezing ocean waters.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The couple with the hiking poles were there, too, eating hamburgers and speaking too softly for Daria and Andrés to overhear.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Newell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Until, that is, Curry overheard a woman on the bus and had a lightbulb moment.
—Katherine Turman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Lo overhears a scuffle in the cabin next door and a distinct splash in the freezing ocean waters.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
The couple with the hiking poles were there, too, eating hamburgers and speaking too softly for Daria and Andrés to overhear.
—Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
Verb
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Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.—
Caren Bohan,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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This week, the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican president has overstepped federal law with many of his tariffs.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then there's carefully monitoring multiple loads to make sure every item is washed and dried at the correct temperature.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Controls, for example, need to be continuously monitored so that audit readiness becomes more a state of being, and not a last minute sprint.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, 64 people in Taiwan were prosecuted for spying for China—more than the previous two years combined—with principal targets being current or former military personnel.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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And when Clara spies her classmate Miller Adams (Mason Thames) along the roadside, and decides to give him a ride, the film introduces a next-generation complication-that-isn’t-really-one.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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