flashback
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The children appear in a series of charming flashback scenes woven into this romantic drama from Lebanon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 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
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
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
She recognizes the unmistakable signs of a flashback: a woman at a window, a woman with a past, with memory and desire and wreckage in her heart.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
“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
Eger forced herself to face down her fear of flashbacks by walking through the ruins of Auschwitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
David Birrell, prosecuting, said police officers who went the scene had suffered flashbacks and needed counselling after seeing what happened.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
I tried to piece together, from the memories and the flashbacks and the dreams, what happened on Saturday night.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Vocabulary lists containing flashback
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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