backwards

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The new CEO faced a stinging rebuke from shareholders last week at the annual general meeting where they largely rejected two board proposals as a step backwards on transparency, particularly concerning climate strategy.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

"We are bending backwards to help but we don't have a magic wand," she said, calling on African governments to help with tax breaks and investments of their own.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

When I was born, I had a traumatic birth — I was backwards, I had the cord around, I was hyperactive.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

"This is a backwards step for Liverpool," said former Premier League goalkeeper Rob Green on 5 Live.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Failure to recognize that history can, indeed must, be read backwards leads to a whole series of historical questions being outlawed.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton