HEARKENS BACK (TO) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

hearkens back (to)

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present tense third-person singular of hearken back (to)

as in remembers

to bring back to mind an elderly man who liked to hearken back to "the good old days"

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Toliver remembers fifth-grade choir, and the other kids who would get together after class to make beats and rap.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Lisa, whose real name is Lalisa Manobal, remembers the change well.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

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Horvath recalls watching two adults play with one of those activities, using magnetic 3D parts to assemble a robot in the modeling section.

— Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Kurdish-Canadian director Soran Mardookhi, with his latest documentary feature The Flight, recalls the doomed Ukraine Airlines Flight PS752 that in January 2020 crashed soon after taking off from an airport near Tehran.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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