backward
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All of those things were happening, but we have taken a few steps backward.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“I think we are just going to move backward before we go forward,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026
By tracing its path backward over billions of years, they determined that the star originated in the Large Magellanic Cloud before eventually being pulled into the Milky Way.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
Instead, they appear to be going backward at the worst possible time, dropping seven of their last 10 games and nine of 14 since Smith replaced Jim Hiller behind the bench.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
He gave me a thumbs-up, walking backward for a couple of steps.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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