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flashback

[flash-bak] / ˈflæʃˌbæk /


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Mr. Mezrich tells the story of the rise of Chess.com, and of Mr. Carlsen’s and Mr. Niemann’s careers, in flashback.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 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

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

It’s “kind of a flashback for some of us,” Andrew said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

“Me and Hazel holding hands...it’s not what you think. She was showing me this flashback from her past, trying to figure out my connection with Sammy.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

“People get flashbacks when they see what’s happening in Ukraine,” Orr, 45, said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

"Now, almost six years later, I still have flashbacks," she said.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

“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

Little by little, the flashbacks began to recede.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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