flashback
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In the flashback to the car accident, Eddie tries to distract Daphne with a story about a girl and a horse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The Bannau Brycheiniog provided the backdrop for a Chinese village in a flashback scene, something du Preez called "challenging" due to the show's budget.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
The eight-episode series opens with a flashback to Sherlock’s childhood, revealing the loss of his sister Beatrice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
She remembered what Nico had said: If a flashback like that happens when you’re in combat...
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
The judge said they now suffered from anxiety, fear and flashbacks and had problems with trust and a sense of safety.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I would have random flashbacks and panic attacks from anything,” he told me.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
“If you talk to old-timers who fought this thing in the ’50s and ’60s, they talk about it like it was Vietnam: They are having flashbacks to confronting this horror.”
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
Burris said the experience has given him flashbacks to the period before King’s beating and the subsequent protests over police brutality, when officers felt they could act with impunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
If she was having flashbacks of Tartarus, enhanced and compounded with all her other bad memories, her mind wouldn’t be able to cope.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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