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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
harken .
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Examples
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Neither Nunberg nor Safire think the phrase harkens back to Rosa Parks or the Montgomery bus boycotts of 1955, when African-Americans protested the law that forced them to sit in the "back of the bus."
‘Under the Bus’ 2008
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The phrase harkens to his 1970s bush war against white-minority rule, and to an earlier uprising in the 1890s against the first
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That term harkens back to a book written 35 years ago called
TheTyee.ca Murray Dobbin 2010
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That term harkens back to a book written 35 years ago called
TheTyee.ca Murray Dobbin 2010
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That term harkens back to a book written 35 years ago called
TheTyee.ca Murray Dobbin 2010
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That term harkens back to a book written 35 years ago called
TheTyee.ca Murray Dobbin 2010
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One of the most ancient of single-word nautical metaphors is governor, which harkens back to the Greek word kybemao, meaning ` steer a ship. '
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Like the other members of Stephenie Meyer’s wolf pack, Spencer is a Native American (or First Nation descendant) who harkens from the Lakota Sioux tribe.
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Like the other members of Stephenie Meyer’s wolf pack, Spencer is a Native American (or First Nation descendant) who harkens from the Lakota Sioux tribe.
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The movement's name harkens to the Revolution-era Boston Tea Party and an on-air rant in February of last year by CNBC reporter Rick Santelli, who called for a "tea party" in Chicago to oppose the administration's housing rescue.
Tea-Party Drive Steeped in Political Novices Gary Fields 2010
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