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  1. hearken back: Merriam-Webster
  2. hearken back: Wiktionary

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verb:  (sometimes proscribed) Synonym of hark back (β€œto allude, return, or revert (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, to evoke, or long or pine for (a past era or event)”)

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