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Recent Examples of overhear
Deputies and K-9s searched the area, collected evidence and interviewed nearby residents and employees at businesses who may have witnessed or overheard the attack.
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Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
The narrator and her friend seem slightly embarrassed at the possibility of being overheard—seeing the couple perhaps reminds them that Americans are not simply an idea on a page or in a newspaper headline, but actual people.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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
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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Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 29 Oct. 2025
The narrator and her friend seem slightly embarrassed at the possibility of being overheard—seeing the couple perhaps reminds them that Americans are not simply an idea on a page or in a newspaper headline, but actual people.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
Verb
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Expect to continue hearing rumors about Swinney moving forward this season.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said Raleigh walked outside his home after hearing Chastain throwing rocks at his garage.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Schlegel, a travel adviser from Arlington, Virginia, has told clients to not panic, to monitor their flights and to arrive at the airport early.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is acquiring powerful new surveillance tools to identify and monitor people.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The United States and France first warned more than a decade ago that Russian satellites appeared to be spying and collecting information on their assets, including on commercially run satellites.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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McCann spied an errant pumpkin.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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