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hark

[hahrk] / hɑrk /
VERB
harken
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The commuters in “Le Métro” hark back to his early streetcar scenes but now there’s an air of mystery to the straphangers, with the central figure’s face obscured and bisected by a subway pole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Its title appears to hark back to the singer's 2012 hit Boyfriend, featuring the line "swag, swag, swag, on you".

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

People loved the vintage look of the pink toilets, which hark back to a time when bathrooms — whole houses, really — weren’t quite so bland and boring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

They want to hark back to the EU’s timid origins some 60 years ago when cooperation was much more voluntary and limited.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Further west, he and Fa often camped in summer to gather lime hark for rope-making; but this part looked unfamiliar.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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