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Recent Examples of overhear
They’re told to me by someone else or overheard at a party or read about in the newspaper or on the Nextdoor app.
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Peter Larsen, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The internal monologue is perhaps the more obvious choice for paranoid fiction, but by writing in dialogue, Dorfman puts us in the place of the listener with an ear pressed to a closed door, overhearing the anxious voices.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
The remark was overheard by fourth official Harrison Blair and later reported by both Blair and Reading’s head safety steward David Parker.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Unbeknownst to Whitaker, Robby had popped his head into the room and overheard everything.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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Peter Larsen, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The internal monologue is perhaps the more obvious choice for paranoid fiction, but by writing in dialogue, Dorfman puts us in the place of the listener with an ear pressed to a closed door, overhearing the anxious voices.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
The remark was overheard by fourth official Harrison Blair and later reported by both Blair and Reading’s head safety steward David Parker.
—Ali Rampling, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Unbeknownst to Whitaker, Robby had popped his head into the room and overheard everything.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
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Robert Herman, Paul Radvany and Walt De Treaux issued their decision Saturday, a day after hearing arguments.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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Each year, Munich meets to hear European promises to do more.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Where that fresh water enters the ocean matters, but researchers have struggled to monitor it at scale.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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After reviewing over 30 years of monitoring data, entomologists at the University of Florida (UF) now say both the Formosan and Asian subterranean termites (Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi) are expanding their range of destruction.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2026
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Why some Ukrainians agree to spy The profile of Ukrainians recruited by Russia is a broad one.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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