backward
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Harbour falls backward laughing: “That’s my director, there! Takin’ care of me!”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Other backward glances include “As You Lie There,” a fantasy about a teenage crush that never blossomed into a romance, and “Salesman Saint,” a paean to Mr. McCartney’s parents’ coping with life in postwar Liverpool.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
I didn’t want to work a service job after graduating because it felt like moving backward.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
It’s time for federal investments in childcare to ensure we don’t take steps backward.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
We had to say the ten-times tables over and over again, backward, too.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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