flashback
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Harris introduces us to the girls in a sepia flashback, their small bodies clad in matching dresses, one head resting on the other’s shoulder.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Directed by series creator Christopher Storer, it’s not so much a prequel as another of the show’s Mikey-centric flashback episodes; “Fishes” won Bernthal a 2024 guest actor Emmy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
"I thought it would be interesting to take two broken men in adult life and flashback to their childhood to see what made them the way they are."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Plus: A flashback to the Dow’s 3000 milestone, 35 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Saying it gives me a flashback, like the words are coming out of my mouth four years ago.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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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