Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listens in (on)
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The eggs of a beloved California bald eagle couple were broken by ravens, a nonprofit that monitors the birds announced.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026 -
The center monitors major highways over the Sierra Nevada for chain controls and snow conditions, although a secondary center in Kingvale also operates in winter.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Party insiders pick a nominee, campaigns are truncated to a few short weeks, and challengers are locked out before the public ever hears their names.—
Grace Rauh,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The commission hears cases of public employees who believe they were wrongly fired for making agency disclosures.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 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
Verb
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Meanwhile, on the dock, Zoë overhears the provisioners say something about being paid to keep quiet.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
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Lo overhears a scuffle in the cabin next door and a distinct splash in the freezing ocean waters.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Listens in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listens%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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