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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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Wu-Tang definitely inspired generations, growing up, listening to them on the radio.—
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Henry and Tabitha were listening to a podcast about a plane crash in the Andes and the gruesome ways the survivors had clung to life in the feral winter hellscape.—
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14 Apr. 2026
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“Hearkening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkening. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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