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The と here is sometimes called a "quotative" particle, as if it marks the end of a statement, which the rest of the sentence describes: 「急だ」と[は]思わなかった。 The は here is used a bit like emphasis, and isn't strictly necessary from a grammatical perspective.
Another way of looking at it is like the "that" coordinating conjunction in English: "I didn't think ...
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You could parse it this way...
士道は『もう何を言っても無駄』とつっこみを諦め、...
The と is a quotative particle. It marks the thought of the subject (= 士道 here).
士道 gave up つっこみ, thinking 「もう何を言っても無駄」, and...
These threads might help:
Use of quote marker と before unusual verbs
Embedded question followed by と
Questions about 僕の時計が「7時だよ。おはよう。おきろ」と、起こしてくれるのだが、無意識に止めて、...
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You already seem to vaguely understand the difference, but to summarize:
noun + ～を聞く = I hear [noun]: You hear a sound/music/story/etc. 窓が割れるのを聞いた means your heard the cracking noise.
clause + ～と聞く = I hear that [clause]: You hear some fact (via conversations/news/etc). 窓が割れたと聞いた means you heard the news from someone but did not hear the noise itself.
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