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This sets up a long flashback in which we learn that Marian and Edison knew each other in college, and that he betrayed her.

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The victim, who continues to have flashbacks to that night, has now been able to provide a further description of the man, enabling officers to produce the image, the force said.

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Netflix released the first five minutes of the new season in early November, in which we see a flashback to Will’s time trapped in the Upside Down.

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"I basically lost my job. I lost my home. My home was a crime scene. I was terrified to be awake, terrified to be asleep because of the nightmares and the flashbacks," she said.

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Lew, still experiencing traumatic flashbacks from his combat experience, likes to take things slow and easy: “Waiting is an art form.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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