not forward

Example Sentences

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Samoa’s lead delegate Anne Rasmussen blasted the deal as business as usual, saying it could take the world backward, not forward.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

But this time, as directors too, they’ve decided to take us not forward but back, to when a routine trip went disastrously wrong.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Police did not forward any other charges to the Polk County state’s attorney, a spokesman said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 7, 2022

The FIU took note of the report but did not forward it to law enforcement agencies.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2021

I clap Ben on the back, and for the first time all day, the three of us are looking not forward but at one another.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green