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flashback

[flash-bak] / ˈflæʃˌbæk /


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FX released on Tuesday a surprise flashback episode of ‘The Bear,’ written by Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who star as cousins Mikey and Richie on a road trip to Gary, Ind.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Glimpsed in “Alien: Earth’s” first episode, the Maginot had to be fully fitted out for Episode 5’s flashback to the onboard horror that preceded the crash-landing.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

In the flashback to the car accident, Eddie tries to distract Daphne with a story about a girl and a horse.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

I close my eyes and let the darkness grow and spread until it morphs from a feeling of sadness into something worse: a memorv, a flashback.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

“I would have random flashbacks and panic attacks from anything,” he told me.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

“If you talk to old-timers who fought this thing in the ’50s and ’60s, they talk about it like it was Vietnam: They are having flashbacks to confronting this horror.”

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

In long flashbacks, Daphne unfolds her memories of the night of the accident to her sister.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

Burris said the experience has given him flashbacks to the period before King’s beating and the subsequent protests over police brutality, when officers felt they could act with impunity.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Before her wedding, she’d experienced nightmares and flashbacks, and she’d told Mother about them.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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