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Recent Examples of overhear
Passengers continued to stream through the arrivals gate, some of them overheard discussing the events thousands of miles away.
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Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
But, in fact, what Michael overheard was Jim sharing his feelings for Pam.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
McCullers said his five-year-old daughter overheard a conversation with his wife on the phone about the threats.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
The incident happened at the beginning of the school year when Junior, who is autistic, overheard two students talking.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
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Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
But, in fact, what Michael overheard was Jim sharing his feelings for Pam.
—Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
McCullers said his five-year-old daughter overheard a conversation with his wife on the phone about the threats.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
The incident happened at the beginning of the school year when Junior, who is autistic, overheard two students talking.
—Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
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In auditoriums and convention centers, businesspeople, educators, salespeople, and homemakers gathered to hear speakers such as Norman Vincent Peale, Zig Ziglar, and Art Linkletter, among others, extol the virtues of positive thinking, unbridled optimism, and hard work.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Earlier this week, the U.S. appeals court in San Francisco heard arguments in Gavin Newsom v. Donald Trump on whether the president can dispatch troops to quell the Los Angeles riots.—
Robert J. Delahunty,
National Review,
19 June 2025
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics gathers this information through a quarterly survey that monitors price shifts across about 80,000 goods and services.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The landscape of how these agreements are formed has also evolved: To monitor those deals, the College Sports Commission, established as part of the House settlement, will serve as a clearinghouse.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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Some two weeks after Resilience's hard landing, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spied the lander's gravesite from its perch in orbit around the moon.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
24 June 2025
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Over the fence, folks can spy the cavernous stage and the scaffolding above for the technical crew still in place, and that sparks memories.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 June 2025
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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