backward
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"We have been thrown 20 years backward," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Home prices as measured by national indexes, such as Case-Shiller or the National Association of Realtors, still show growth because they look backward, Anthony Smith, a senior economist at Realtor.com, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Williams stumbled backward and circled both arms backward as Avdija kicked the ball out to Lillard for a three-pointer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
This allowed the researchers to look backward through a decade of immune activity and identify changes that emerged before the diseases were recognized.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
I stumble backward toward the gate, and then think better of it.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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