backward
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The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
But I see a world now that’s moving backward and not forward.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
The ensemble moves backward and forward with these narrative jump-cuts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The singer is already remembering the present before it has ended, the lyric moving backward and forward in time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
I watched hopefully as Togbe put his hands on his waist and arched his body backward.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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