pay attention
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“All of these companies that nobody used to ever pay attention to are now golden, wonderful businesses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
I learned to moderate my spending and pay attention.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
It’s heightened to the point where I’m paying attention more because I have a lot more free time to to pay attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
He began: “A lot of folks want us to pay attention to things happening 6,000 miles away,” he said, “rather than reminding us about the things we agree on right here.”
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026
I started to feel that fluttery anxiousness, so I stopped thinking and tried to pay attention to the parents’ conversation.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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