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
A flashback to Supergirl’s first touchdown on Earth has the awkwardness of a study-abroad student realizing she doesn’t like her host country at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 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
"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
“If a flashback like that happens when you’re in combat—” “I know,” she said.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Beth said fighting the case had been "absolutely debilitating at times with the level of trauma and flashbacks it's caused".
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 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
In long flashbacks, Daphne unfolds her memories of the night of the accident to her sister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
“Guess I’m having flashbacks of the last time I was in this town!”
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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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