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Indisputably, there are signs—some of which hark back to the dot-com era—that it is.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

There are passages for unaccompanied chorus that hark back to church music of the Renaissance and moments that seem like Dada before its time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

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

The 11 songs on the album bridge storytelling with classic country and folk sounds that hark back to the ‘70s, a la songs like the Eagles’ “Wasted Time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

He was a very plain-featured man, with nothing in his looks or in his dress that made memory cry hark.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Defense company RTX is working with fusion energy startup Xcimer, using technology that harks back to the Cold War era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In both tone and structure, it harks back to the kind of theatrical properties that May and Lotta excelled in during the first half of the 20th century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

As if to underscore the radical turn these artists were making, the paintings are hung on an ornate plum-red wallpaper in a wainscoted gallery that harks back to the Grand Palais’s look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

“It’s like s harks with laser beams,” added Caine, referencing an Austin Powers spy-satire movie.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

He painted it from the heart: the scene harks back to his time in the Borinage, and it reflects his attachment to his own family and to the idea of family, to the ideal family.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

The message harked back to the old U.S. policy of further entwining the American and Chinese economies, breaking with an approach pioneered during the first Trump administration to untangle business ties, largely for national-security reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

In February 1947 the couturier Christian Dior harked back to the rosy autochrome with his first collection, “Corolle,” named for the petaled cup of a flower and later christened the New Look.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

It harked back to the Daniel Farke era, with us scoring two stoppage time goals to beat Frank Lampard's Coventry.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

Over the years, Representative Henry Cuellar often harked back to the small house in Laredo, Texas.

From New York Times ● May 13, 2024

It also harked back to her own traditional Orthodox upbringing where the home was run by one dominating figure with strict rules and regulations.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

The two leaders talked up the strength of the U.S.-China relationship, harking back to historical connections between the two nations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

This mysterious commodity is the comfort blanket in times of turmoil - usually harking back to glory days and happier times.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026

One by one, the queer and trans cast members share fictionalized personal stories, harking back to childhood moments before any declaration of identity was possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

But that's all changed - now, you see a small visual representation of what's happening with dots on a screen, harking back to how the game looked in the 00s.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2025

She paused before harking back to the appetizing theme.

From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting