as in listening
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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Recent Examples of harking
For years now, womenswear designers have been delivering us long, thin (and often useless) scarves—harking all the way back to early-aughts Chloé and Marc Jacobs days, when boho-chic ruled the runways.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harking
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Walking through its yellow halls was exactly like Paco detailed it, proving that listening to locals isn’t just about avoiding the obvious spots.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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In that sense, our favorite movies aren’t about taste at all, but simply about listening to what really speaks to us.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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This is a different shade of minimalism for Marci, harkening to the gutter ’90s-era beatmaking represented by the dingy floppy disk on the album cover.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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On Thursday, Amazon MGM unveiled a first look at Turner in character as Croft, with the new interpretation of the heroine harkening back to the gaming icon's look from the earlier video games released in the mid-late '90s.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Harking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harking. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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