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Synonyms for overhear

hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

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Tell us about the strangest things you've experienced on the Metro - whether it was a conversation you couldn't help but overhear or you were unfortunate enough to find yourself in the midst of some particularly odd behaviour - by emailing your story to community@ncjmedia.co.uk with your name and area you live in.
In contrast, "innocent" eavesdroppers may be free of insider trading liability if they have no fiduciary duty to the relevant company and accidentally overhear material, nonpublic information about it.
Israel is not threatened by the PLO, we overhear during a conversation in the decaying, dilapidated living room.
He and his friends like to hide out in a culvert and pretend the conversations they overhear are really in code and that the people are plotting assassinations.
The wife of Bolton comic Paddy McGuinness said she was stunned to overhear a fellow visitor complaining about the noises her children were making.
It's easy to overhear words whispered by someone standing near the interior wall of a circular, domed chamber.
I'm glad I didn't overhear the conversation as Cole tried to prise a few extra grand out of Chelsea.
Elsewhere, Imran is gutted when he overhears Toyah telling Leanne how difficult it has been living with him since Rana's death.
So, when Vanessa overhears that the businessman is actually scheming to double cross Charity, will she be able to stop it - and will she want to?
So, when Vanessa overhears that the businessman is actually scheming to double-cross Charity, will she be able to stop it - and will she want to?
And when Bethany overhears Gail's concerns, she's bound to spill the beans to Sarah and Callum.
He lets is slip that he was there during the Home Farm raid and lies about how much of a wreck Robert was after the burglary, but when she then overhears a conversation between the pair, her mind is made up.