rewind

Example Sentences

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"If I could have one day back, I would rewind to that day," Owen later said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

We can’t rewind the tape without the war to see if its warning was valid.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The team attempted to "rewind the clock" by about 80 million years, which is how long the rock is estimated to have been exposed at the Martian surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Here, present-day students rewind old audio tapes to hear a band of underground revolutionaries risk their necks for a better tomorrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

Boaz was still getting his bearings and fighting the nausea from the brief rewind when he heard hurried footsteps and saw Hila running toward them.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny