lip-reading
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"You don't really hear it unless you're kind of lip-reading," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
That particular clip, which was interpreted by fans as Lopez telling her husband to behave, sent the internet into a lip-reading spiral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Ben Siegel of ABC News engaged in a little amateur lip-reading:
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2023
Years of speech lessons and lip-reading practice forced Ross, who is Deaf, to conform to a society that favors sound.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
She was an expert at lip-reading from ten years of apprenticeship at Seashell ear-thimbles.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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