flashback
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But his voice tyrannically resounds with sadistic orders and conservative cultural commentary during the second-act flashback scene, in which a fateful day on the set of the show changes the lives of Ronika and Blair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Plus: A flashback to the Dow’s 3000 milestone, 35 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Or was it a flashback to his old self?
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
The Bannau Brycheiniog provided the backdrop for a Chinese village in a flashback scene, something du Preez called "challenging" due to the show's budget.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
Saying it gives me a flashback, like the words are coming out of my mouth four years ago.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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Having been gobbled up like a meal worm, Jay dredges up flashbacks of his father’s lectures in whale anatomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He still had flashbacks about incidents in his childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The flashbacks come daily, to the point that he has needed to see a therapist.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
At around age 19 or 20, he began having regular night terrors and daily flashbacks to “horrific, nightmarish things.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I remember moving out there in flashbacks, snippets, driving to a place I’d never seen, seeing people I’d never seen.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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