listen in (on)

as in to eavesdrop (on)
to listen to (another in private conversation) it's not polite to listen in on other people's private conversations

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  • Powell held up both Irwin and Grace while their friends and family off-screen could be heard laughing at the sight.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 25 July 2025
  • Investors will want to hear clear strategies from the hyperscalers .
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 25 July 2025
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  • The Del Valle school district is still monitoring the effects of the federal pause on certain funding, spokesman Christopher Weddle said last week.
    Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • Amazon runs an active program to monitor for such impersonation scams, which includes sharing information as and when new campaigns are identified and critically shutting down the bad actors behind these attacks, both technically and legally.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
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  • The 39-year-old Englishwoman was removed as Canada coach in August 2024 following the spying scandal that overshadowed the nation’s Olympics campaign.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 30 July 2025
  • Become a Subscriber Magnus is an MI6 agent who has betrayed England by spying for the Czechs, but now the Americans are onto him.
    Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • The concerns are palpable to a visitor to California’s northern rangelands, where talk of wolves was overheard in local restaurants and discussed at several ranches visited by The Sacramento Bee.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Conrad, who is ready to leave to head back to California, overhears her sobs.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
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“Listen in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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