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heeds

verb

present tense third-person singular of heed

as in follows

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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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 heeds McCollough’s sister and friends hope that her story can prevent another woman or fan who heeds Watts’ blanket endorsement of ketamine and other substances from falling into addiction. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 The salad, in McKinnon’s kitchen, wonders and wanders, and the author heeds its inquisitiveness. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026 Their midnight rendezvous seems doomed to end in a quarrel until Mysaria heeds Sylvi’s advice. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Clients of increasingly popular boutique fitness classes such as Solidcore are expressing frustration about cleaning practices, saying they are expected to clean their own machine after each class, but not everyone heeds the guidance. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 15 July 2026 And whether Bianco actually heeds Hilton’s call to drop out of the race, well, that’s a bit of a long shot, election observers said. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 Feb. 2026 Meltzer heeds the playwright’s direction, and the cast sustains that energy, keeping scenes moving seamlessly from intimate exchanges to larger ensemble moments. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 If Johnston heeds that warning, the mayor will likely have to find a proposal that balances workers’ need for a living wage with the desire to attract businesses to the city core in order to find enough council support to pass the legislation. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025 The child—who has never been photographed before—heeds the photographer’s injunction to look straight ahead. — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025

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The incident follows a spate of drone attacks on at least seven cargo vessels off the Black Sea coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria in October.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The film follows a Polish burglar who assumes the identity of a dead stranger’s girlfriend, with unexpected results.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026

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Hobbs' team notes that the Phoenix area is still one of the top spots in the country for new home construction.

— Hannah Knowles The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Lindsey Burnett, a urogynecologist and assistant professor at UC San Diego who co-authored the study, notes that lower urinary tract symptoms that look and feel like a UTI can be caused by things other than bacteria.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Print out every word a child hears on the way to mastering language and the stack stands about as tall as a house.

— Charles Yeomans, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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