backward
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Other backward glances include “As You Lie There,” a fantasy about a teenage crush that never blossomed into a romance, and “Salesman Saint,” a paean to Mr. McCartney’s parents’ coping with life in postwar Liverpool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The battle to keep a highly toxic chemical from exploding took a step backward Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
In one, time flows forward; in the other, it flows backward from its mirror-reflected position.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Eugene Hammond was on the porch, in a windowpane plaid suit and his cap on backward with goggles pushed up.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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