backward
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He sees this failure clearly when he looks backward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The movie works backward from a famous 1961 Eisenhower quip to JFK that attributed his success in Normandy, France, to the Allies having “better meteorologists than the Germans.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
In one, time flows forward; in the other, it flows backward from its mirror-reflected position.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
He stretched backward, stifling a yawn, then scratched his head and brought his fingers down to fiddle with a hole in his string vest.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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