Overheard and Read

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Read and overheard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Overheard".

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Overheard and read are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overheard" instead a verb "Read".

Omniglot: Ernessa read Proust in French and the narrator overheard her using a language that she did not recognize.

Source: Literature / The Moth Diaries
Encyclopedia Brown realizes that the thief who "overheard" the owners of a barber shop could do so while sitting under a hair dryer because she could read lips.

Source: Reading Lips
Jim Shooter had a bad habit of having his assistants read the books, so he wasn't aware of his trend until he actually overheard John Byrne bragging about it to a fan during an autograph session.

Source: Executive Meddling / Comic Books

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