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Recent Examples of hearken
The cheesy filling hearkens to the beloved appetizer, but the herbs and garlic give it a bit more flavor depth.
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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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.
—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
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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Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 13 July 2025
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.
—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
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
Verb
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Delhomme’s answer, by turns humorous and insightful, is worth listening to.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Duff revealed that her then-3-year-old daughter loved to listen to her album Breathe In.—
Taiwo Balogun,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The pair of cases regarding women’s sports laws is among several other high-profile cases the justices have heard or will hear this term.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Jan. 2026
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Cissie Graham Lynch, a senior advisor at Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said the fight over women’s sports is rooted in biblical truth as the Supreme Court heard arguments in cases involving laws designed to protect female athletes.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Hearken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearken. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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