HEARKENING BACK (TO) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

hearkening back (to)

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present participle of hearken back (to)

as in remembering

to bring back to mind an elderly man who liked to hearken back to "the good old days"

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Fifty years since one of Colorado's deadliest natural disasters, Colorado State University is remembering the lasting impact of the 1976 Big Thompson Flood and the professor whose expertise helped bring answers to grieving families.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 31 July 2026
The Miss American Fork organization put out a statement on its Instagram, remembering the young pageant queen.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

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The Socialist leader replied in his own letter by recalling that Spain had, in solidarity with the EU, taken in migrants who arrived to eastern European nations from Belarus in 2021 and to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in 2023.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The Socialist leader replied in his own letter by recalling that Spain had taken in migrants who arrived at eastern European nations from Belarus in 2021 and at the southern Italian island of Lampedusa in 2023.

— Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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