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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listens in (on)
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In the Evergreen High School shooting, the FBI got information from the Anti-Defamation League which monitors online threats, July 5, reporting that there was someone online who was engaging with extremist content and commented on mass shootings.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Powered by patent-pending technology, the platform monitors your existing travel plans in real time, automatically connecting like-minded travelers to share a charter and offering up less expensive repositioning flights.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, the Heat hears the angry fan and understands.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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Yet the public rarely hears this context.—
Carol L. Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 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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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
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Meanwhile, on the dock, Zoë overhears the provisioners say something about being paid to keep quiet.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2025
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Lo overhears a scuffle in the cabin next door and a distinct splash in the freezing ocean waters.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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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 17 Feb. 2026.
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