Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listens in (on)
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DoorDash service is still suspended across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, while the company monitors conditions.—
Shannon Worley,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026 -
There are 66 military sites and hundreds more defense installations and outposts within the broader Arctic region, according to the Simons Foundation, a Canadian non-profit that monitors Arctic security and nuclear disarmament.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Deadline hears that the British national broadcaster is closing four jobs as part of the cost-cutting decision, which has been bemoaned internally amid rising disinformation online.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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No wonder Josephine often hears the adults around her arguing.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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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
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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 1 Feb. 2026.
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