flashback
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This unexpected request prompts a flashback to Graham’s military posting in postwar Austria, which comprises the heart of the novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
A flashback to Supergirl’s first touchdown on Earth has the awkwardness of a study-abroad student realizing she doesn’t like her host country at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
Or was it a flashback to his old self?
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
I have a giddy flashback to the very first paper-chaining day in the art room.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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Manning still has flashbacks — now, compounded by fear that the next evacuation could be complicated by heavy truck traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
At around age 19 or 20, he began having regular night terrors and daily flashbacks to “horrific, nightmarish things.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
“People get flashbacks when they see what’s happening in Ukraine,” Orr, 45, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Now, almost six years later, I still have flashbacks," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
It’s in the same basement as my quinceañera, and when we walk down the stairs, I get flashbacks of that horrible night.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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