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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

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

When built, it was intended as a "hark back to the history of bathing machines in Margate", which were used frequently in the town during Victorian times.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

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

Scottish Championship side Dunfermline Athletic have released a shirt that harks back to the one they wore during the 1994-95 season.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 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 harks back to the beginning of his career where he both studied the famous Catalan coach, who also worked at Bayern Munich, and his footballing education in his native Italy.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 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

Kupp’s leaping acrobatic touchdown catch harked to the veteran’s historic 2021 season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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

Delightful though the show is, there’s something dispiritingly circular, or insular, about the potential best musical winner of 2026 harking back to musicals of the middle decades of the 20th century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Some of it may well be people harking back to the past, one they felt was more attractive than what F1 serves up today.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

But joking or not, harking back to beating Zverev when they played as teenagers over a decade ago might provide an additional boost.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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 I don't know that I want to marry him," insisted Suzanne, doggedly, harking back to her original idea.

From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser