backward
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And she did, in a concise 22-page article published in the Seattle U. Law Journal last year titled “Pedaling Backward: Examining the King County Board of Health’s Choice to Repeal Its Bicycle Helmet Law.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2024
Returning to England, Stephenson became a full-time artist and Reid Banks took up her pen once more, completing Jane's story with two sequels to The L-Shaped Room - The Backward Shadow and Two is Lonely.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024
Backward speaking is not confined to the La Plata River area.
From Scientific American • Oct. 12, 2023
Many call the phenomenon “reversing gears,” or China’s Great Leap Backward, an allusion to the disastrous industrialization campaign of the late 1950s, which resulted in the worst man-made famine in human history.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021
Backward and down he went, letting the winecup fall from his shocked hand.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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