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harken

[hahr-kuhn] / ˈhɑr kən /


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In 1957, the Music Center was a dream, Dorothy Chandler having only begun fundraising two years earlier for an arts Olympus on a well-scrubbed Grand Avenue that would harken a new business district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

The planned horror movie could harken back to the Coens’ 1984 debut, “Blood Simple.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

At well over three hours long, the shows harken back to the days when big-budget Hollywood films trusted that audiences could sit still for more than 110 minutes.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2023

Along the way, they learn the language, rites, and beliefs of the “craft,” engaging in rituals that harken to Biblical beliefs .

From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023

Then the call of Odin, the call that all in Asgard have to harken to, went through the City of the Gods.

From The Children of Odin The Book of Northern Myths by Willy Pogany




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