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
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
We talked earlier about the flashback and what we learn about how Daisy found herself in Gilead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Or was it a flashback to his old self?
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
I had a flashback to the assembly two months ago, when Kasigi had first proclaimed him president.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
The flashbacks come daily, to the point that he has needed to see a therapist.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
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
In a few of the series’ many flashbacks, Dick recalls his father, M.L.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
My mind graces me with flashbacks of the woman, with eyes as orange as the Halloween pumpkins Autumn already had out on the porch.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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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