hearkens

present tense third-person singular of hearken
as in listens
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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Recent Examples of hearkens Eventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • These days, Fox listens to his body each morning before deciding what to do.
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The man listens to a French rap song about the malaise of modern life.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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  • That added to fears that the stock market is caught up in an AI bubble that harkens back to the late 1990s, when a feeding frenzy on early internet companies eventually led to the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
    Sean Conlon,Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The reverse side harkens to images captured of him after an assassination attempt on the political trail in Pennsylvania during his 2024 campaign.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Hearkens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkens. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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