flashback
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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
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
Or was it a flashback to his old self?
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
She remembered what Nico had said: If a flashback like that happens when you’re in combat...
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
“Best and Last’s” flashbacks are a walloping reminder that Knoxville is inimitable: a telegenic and extroverted entertainer with a charisma he wields like a skunk aims its stink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I would have random flashbacks and panic attacks from anything,” he told me.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Ruth says she is traumatised and continues to suffer flashbacks.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
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
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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