as in eavesdropped (on)
to listen to (another in private conversation)
it's not polite to listen in on other people's private conversations
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Well, very few female voices are heard in the Bible, particularly in the New Testament.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Just as importantly, communication must be two-way, with opportunities for listening sessions and surveys that allow families to provide input and to feel heard.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Oct. 2025
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The plenum will be closely monitored by outsiders for clues about the inner workings of China’s opaque ruling Communist Party.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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The trials were conducted by BAE Systems and the ship’s staff, and activity was monitored by SDA and Ministry of Defence naval architects and overseers.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Until, that is, Curry overheard a woman on the bus and had a lightbulb moment.—
Katherine Turman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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The relative then spied a dead dog on an interstate nearby, and assumed the canine was Randy since both dogs had the same shading.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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Astronomers spied the bare black hole using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — a mega-instrument built by NASA and its partners in part to reveal how galaxies formed during the universe’s first billion years.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Listened in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listened%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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