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Recent Examples of hearken
An iron horse hearkens to the railroad, and what the railroad brought to the West, which was expansion, and thereby Native people were somewhat driven back by the expansion of the railroad in the West.
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Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Masterpiece Theater Matthew Fraser November 30, 2022 Climate activist attacks on works by van Gogh, Vermeer, and other art world titans are the latest in a tradition of destruction that hearkens to the early Christian zealots.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
Producer Andrew Watt, and backing musicians like Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pino Palladino of Nine Inch Nails, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer helped flesh out a sound that hearkens to classic Elton without feeling like nostalgic throwbacks.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
The spirit of transgression that runs throughout Amis’s work seemed continually to hearken to that which lay outside English literature’s parameters.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025
Masterpiece Theater Matthew Fraser November 30, 2022 Climate activist attacks on works by van Gogh, Vermeer, and other art world titans are the latest in a tradition of destruction that hearkens to the early Christian zealots.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
Producer Andrew Watt, and backing musicians like Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pino Palladino of Nine Inch Nails, and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer helped flesh out a sound that hearkens to classic Elton without feeling like nostalgic throwbacks.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2025
The spirit of transgression that runs throughout Amis’s work seemed continually to hearken to that which lay outside English literature’s parameters.
—Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearken
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According to the organization, over 5,000 people gathered at Utah State University’s 10,000-plus-seat Dee Glen Smith Spectrum arena in Logan to listen to a panel featuring some of the biggest names in state and regional politics.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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That stuff is so random, and there’s so many amazing bands that no one ever listens to.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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When striking nurses at nearby Henry Ford Genesys Hospital heard about the shooting, some left the picket line and ran the short distance to the church to help first responders, Teamsters Local 332 President Dan Glass said.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement The comfortable response—I’ve heard it a thousand times—is that over millennia economies have weathered automation many times before and with each prior technical leap, the labor market adapts.—
Toby Stuart,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Hearken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearken. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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