as in listens
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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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
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Thecla listens intently while sitting in her home by the window.—
Christy Cobb,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2026
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The name harkens back to the strawberry stand that the brothers opened in 1986, when Chad was in seventh grade and Troy was in fifth.—
Thomas Gounley,
Denver Post,
26 Jan. 2026
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Titled a serpentine, their pavilion is inspired by the crinkle crankle wall, a snaking English architecture feature that harkens back to the sinusoidal walls of Ancient Egypt.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
21 Jan. 2026
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Flip Phone Shorty, of course, hearkens to those devices of yesteryear that defined the Y2k aesthetic, which has recently been all the rage.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
7 Dec. 2025
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Eventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Harks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harks. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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