backwards
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"We're still growing slowly. It's almost like saying we're winning a slow bicycle race here because other people are going backwards a bit more rapidly than we are."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
She tripped backwards over a wooden platform, and I was surprised that she was able to get up, but the biggest surprise was how it affected her emotionally.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
"It's not necessarily that we're going backwards," Macdonald tells me.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“You play against a really good defense on the road, going backwards is going to be tough,” said Stafford, who completed 30 of 55 passes for 390 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The house was exactly like ours only flipped backwards, with the same smell of new paint and clean carpets.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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