as in to listen
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
upon hearing the offending ringing, the teacher sarcastically cried, "Hark! Could that possibly be a cell phone?"
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Guests are welcomed into a lavvu (traditional tent) to cook over open flames, meet reindeer, and listen to joik—ancestral singing passed down through generations.—
Lea Lane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026 -
And listen, if [my son] ever has a kid, that trust is going to take care of that child from birth to the last day of college.—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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Are fans prepared to hear an endless stream of unflattering comparisons to the 1932 team throughout the second half?—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2026
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As the two men drink their first soda for nearly a year and wistfully speak of clean clothes, another first-person view drone is heard overhead in the city of Kramatorsk, sending locals scattering.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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“Hark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hark. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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