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Salt and Curran added 47 off 26 balls for the fifth wicket until Salt sliced the left-arm spin of Axar Patel to backward point.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026
"Unlike phenomena we observe around us, at the microscopic level most fundamental laws of physics see forward and backward movement in time as physically possible," said Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Luis Pedro García-Pintos.
From Science Daily • Jul. 3, 2026
Property records show it was sold by a limited liability company called Faith 5 and bought by a limited liability company called Dlareme — “emerald” backward.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
When not looking backward, or inward to personal traumas, American novelists have turned their gaze to the uncertain future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
I barely had time to fall backward and go into a tuck before I hit the side of a nearly vertical incline and began to tumble.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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