harken

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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

And if she violates the terms of her probation, “I will harken back to my original gut response as to how to address sentencing,” Kerns warned.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

Cinematographer Eric K. Yue also employs pans and zooms that harken back to the New Hollywood films of the 1970s, placing this film in a long lineage of gritty New York City indie filmmaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 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 Pogany, Willy