Example Sentences

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Somewhere, every week, some kid hears Won't Get Fooled Again for the first time!

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

And so when she hears it again, it takes her by surprise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

So once someone hears the truth, they are like: ‘Oh, yeah, that actually makes a lot more sense.’

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

One hears very little of the then-prevalent chatter, coming mostly from the pundit class, about institutional “guardrails.”

From Salon • May 18, 2026

On this particular every-other-Saturday, Axel is already deep into imagining today’s Pokémon game when he hears the rumble of tires on gravel, all the way down the driveway.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers