flashback
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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
It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Pollock, who has spent hundreds of hours diving in submersibles, counts some of the more spectacular "flashback bioluminescence" events as among the most memorable moments in his career.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
In a flashback, Martini is seen leaving his shabby Potter-owned apartment with a goat and a troop of kids for a suburban tract home that Bailey developed and sold to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
“What kind of stupid thing—?” Then he realized why Frank was so angry: the flashback.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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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