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flashback

[flash-bak] / ˈflæʃˌbæk /


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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

Something here at the World Cup feels more like a flashback to the times of old.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Pollock, who has spent hundreds of hours diving in submersibles, counts some of the more spectacular "flashback bioluminescence" events as among the most memorable moments in his career.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

One of my friends actually said he had a flashback about the death of one of his friends.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers




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