flashback
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Rosy and Doryan’s first meeting, with her comforting him as he is in the throes of a war flashback, has a desperate intensity; later, their forest love scene has a peaceable beauty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"Miranda is a good detective," noted James A in a flashback to the turret talk from the night before.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The inflatables are a flashback to the late '80s when what began as a light-hearted joke soon turned into one of the most memorable fan crazes in English football.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Glimpsed in “Alien: Earth’s” first episode, the Maginot had to be fully fitted out for Episode 5’s flashback to the onboard horror that preceded the crash-landing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
One of my friends actually said he had a flashback about the death of one of his friends.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
But some experts are getting flashbacks to an earlier generation — and the sorts of all-stock deals that became emblematic of the dot-com boom and bust.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
Having been gobbled up like a meal worm, Jay dredges up flashbacks of his father’s lectures in whale anatomy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He still had flashbacks about incidents in his childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The flashbacks come daily, to the point that he has needed to see a therapist.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
We run our fingers across the belt, and flashbacks of building with him spring into my head.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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