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or harkening
as in listening
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
hearken! I hear the distant beat of the hooves of many horses
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listening
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Even as Trump sought, at least publicly, to de-escalate the war, Israel and Iran weren’t listening.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Educating the listening public and advertisers that the stations will be fundamentally the same once CBS is gone will require some effort.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Hearkening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkening. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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