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In contrast to the danse macabre sequences at the deathbed, Jill overhears the “celebratory sound” of a neighbor’s back yard evening wedding by torchlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Another time she gets caught short when hill walking and with her trousers still around her ankles overhears one of her children tell a passer-by that "mummy is off having a wee".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024

When she overhears a man clearing his throat, the jig is up.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2023

All seems idyllic — until the day Beth, approaching her husband and brother-in-law in a store, overhears Don saying that he doesn’t like her new novel at all, but he can’t tell her.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2023

Like magic, he overhears someone remark, and Herr Thiessen has to agree.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern