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• They walked along in silence until they were well out of earshot, and it was Eager-Wright who spoke first. —  Sweet Danger - Margery Allingham - Campion 05: 1933
• But a police officer in earshot, according to Friedman and Schnapp, said that the fire marshal had stopped letting people into the station due to overcrowding. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
• Instead of sitting around and bitching or yelling at anyone within earshot, the Nepalis acted in a way I have grown to appreciate, admire and attempt to emulate: They acknowledged that the problem was what it was, found a solution and acted upon it. —  Stories from The Sun
• Whenever two girls speak together out of his earshot, they are - surely! —  Brit Lit Blogs
• He waited until the half-breed was actually afloat and out of earshot, and then he spoke Bad man!" —  A Mating in the Wilds

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