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Recent Examples of overhear
The hope is that a parent overhears the back and forth and will expand the conversation further.
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Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
The sorority sisters overhear Whitney yelling and come right to her defense.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
And that’s when William overhears the news that Jamie is his biological father.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
There are other things, too, like easily finding gender-neutral bathrooms — a logistical nightmare back home — and overhearing, for the first time, they/them pronouns used in casual conversation.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 5 Dec. 2024
The sorority sisters overhear Whitney yelling and come right to her defense.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
And that’s when William overhears the news that Jamie is his biological father.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
There are other things, too, like easily finding gender-neutral bathrooms — a logistical nightmare back home — and overhearing, for the first time, they/them pronouns used in casual conversation.
—The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overhear
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Eschewing cult-leader cliché for a plummy everyday friendliness that eventually circles round to sinister, Ben Whishaw cleverly plays Elon as equal parts guru and grifter: His counsel is sometimes obvious, but what the person needs to hear just the same.Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
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The teams weren’t aligned on what their clients needed to hear, and that misalignment was holding them back.Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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The club are monitoring Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu.Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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The people living with the infected cat were being monitored, Oregon health officials said, but had not shown signs of illness.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Claire comes home one day from spying and finds Lord John in tears, meeting with a captain from the Royal Navy.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
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At the same time, Ukrainian authorities have become increasingly suspicious of anyone with links to the Russian Orthodox Church, arresting and convicting clergymen of spying for Moscow.Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Overhear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overhear. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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