pay attention
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Maybe that’s all any of us are doing; maybe it’s all any human ever did: try to get people to pay attention.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
“If you pay attention to nonverbal cues, you can kind of tell when someone is taking something personal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
This is a savvy way to put it, and one that women considering freezing their eggs should pay attention to.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
“We have to pay attention to national rhetoric. We have to be aware of anxiety that might — tensions that may — arise.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Akira couldn’t see or hear what it was yet, but she had learned to pay attention to Dodger’s signals.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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