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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

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

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

The two properties, both built in 1735, hark back to a time when the area was very different.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 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

A big secret of the ambitious McCreary’s success harks back to lessons of simplicity that Bernstein taught him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

As forensic testing of the purported will begins, the fight for the tech executive’s legacy harks back to a contested will for billionaire Howard Hughes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

For many in China, the tragedy harks back to the 2000s, a period of regular, deadly coal mining disasters, which is widely thought to have been left in the past.

From BBC ● May 25, 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

And what a contrast it was as the 22-year-old Northern Ireland right-back was the shining symbol of a Liverpool display that harked back to their Premier League title-winning best as Real Madrid were swept aside.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

Now the rebels harked to the proceedings; we saw them watching from the shore, though they could not hear.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

Maybe it was harking back to the rivalry between their fathers, who fought a controversial draw in their second and final meeting in 1993.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 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

The harking back to the Civil War isn’t in vain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

"But when all's said and done," said she, harking back for a reprieve, "perhaps you only recollected Sonnenberg in your dream better than I did ... just now...."

From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan