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Verb
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The sensors, which are flexible and reusable after being sanitized, send data to an app that monitors a patient’s condition.—
Roni Robbins,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Waterbury Housing Authority executive director Chris D’Orso said there is a public road that runs between two of the buildings at Berkeley Heights, and the city monitors it carefully to ensure that people don’t block emergency vehicle or bus access.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Sandburg’s Alanna Noone hears the jokes from time to time.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday about a relatively new law enforcement technique that allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Apr. 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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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
Verb
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June overhears all of this and is mad at Jolyon.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Rebekah overhears this plan and urges Jacob to disguise himself as Esau.—
Charles Preston,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
13 Mar. 2026
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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 3 May. 2026.
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