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or harkening (to)
as in attending (to)
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hearing
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The escape was initially revealed on Sunday by Guatemala’s director of prisons, who said that prison officials had only detected the scheme — in which inmates may have slipped out one by one, or in pairs — after hearing rumors and checking inmates’ biometric data.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
According to the report, Rush wanted to continue dives even after hearing the bang.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Hearkening (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkening%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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