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
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My own research in the Princeton Music Cognition Lab peels back the everyday experience of imagining something while listening to music to identify a striking case of this collision between the individual and the collective.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The Soundstage feature mimics spatial audio, creating a deeper, wider soundstage when listening.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2026
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Civil rights activists and Democratic lawmakers have said the redistricting dilutes the voting power of Black voters, harkening back to the south's history before the movement for civil rights.—
Larry Kaplow,
NPR,
9 May 2026
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But, harkening to the indie roots of the filmmakers, there is a creative spin to the proceedings.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
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“Harking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harking. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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