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For Nantz, it harkened to that franchise-opening kick return by the Saints when he was a kid in the stands.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

The appeals, which harkened back to the last few years of strict pandemic restrictions, showed that some officials remain nervous about lifting them too quickly.

From Washington Times • Jan. 5, 2023

In his speech, the governor harkened back to the state’s tragedies that overshadowed his term — the COVID-19 pandemic, tornadoes that tore through parts of western Kentucky and floodwaters that inundated portions of eastern Kentucky.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Abe's proclamation harkened back to a similar effort from George Washington just a few short years after our nation emerged from the Revolutionary War.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

But to these words I harkened in vain for a reply.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot