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as in followed
to take notice of and be guided by if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost
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as in listened
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied
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Recent Examples of heeded Cooper said that no US ships have come under attack since the operation began, and as of Friday there had been 19 vessels that had attempted to violate the blockade but heeded US warnings and returned back to port without incident. —
Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026 Over 90,000 people heeded the call. —Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 Harry apparently heeded his uncle’s advice and instead opted to use Sussex for his family surname, following the late Queen Elizabeth granting Harry and Meghan the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their May 19, 2018 royal wedding day. —Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026 By her own admission, Burden had not heeded the advice of her lawyer, who had cautioned against this agreement at the start. —Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026 Many shipping companies have heeded those warnings. —Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Many have heeded the security warnings, with Lei uninstalling OpenClaw after only three days. —Erin Tan, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026 So far, none has yet formally heeded the call. —Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 Only one candidate, former Assembly Member Ian Calderon, heeded Hicks’ imperative. —Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026 Over 90,000 people heeded the call. —Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026 Harry apparently heeded his uncle’s advice and instead opted to use Sussex for his family surname, following the late Queen Elizabeth granting Harry and Meghan the titles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on their May 19, 2018 royal wedding day. —Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Apr. 2026 By her own admission, Burden had not heeded the advice of her lawyer, who had cautioned against this agreement at the start. —Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026 Many shipping companies have heeded those warnings. —Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026 Many have heeded the security warnings, with Lei uninstalling OpenClaw after only three days. —Erin Tan, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026 So far, none has yet formally heeded the call. —Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 Only one candidate, former Assembly Member Ian Calderon, heeded Hicks’ imperative. —Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
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Now 43-38, Charlotte has lost ground this week with difficult losses to Boston and Detroit that followed the same blueprint, as the Hornets fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter at the wrong time.— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2026
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Its techniques are still breathtaking today, richer and more substantial than any images that came before and many that followed.— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
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Listeners taking a Deezer survey listened to three songs, two of which were AI.— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
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Read a lot, listened to a lot of music.— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
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Lach said the district has no current information of any inappropriate behavior between Buetikofer and District 86 students, but noted the district is cooperating with authorities as the investigation continues.— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Synology has noted that customers often get HEVC support through end devices, but that support isn’t a given in consumer products, including PCs.— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026
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But the pregame boos McCollum heard Monday were nothing compared to what the Garden crowd later showered him with after a third-quarter spat with Jose Alvarado.— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Ned’s father, Bob Hunt, visited the hospital that night to check on English and heard the news he was paralyzed from the neck down.— Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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“Heeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/heeded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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