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

The eight-episode series opens with a flashback to Sherlock’s childhood, revealing the loss of his sister Beatrice.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Yet the flashback sequences to Vito Corleone’s arrival in America give it resonance for a country built on immigration, and the film is now almost universally considered the best of the three.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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

I have a flashback to the last time I went snooping where I didn’t belong, and for a heartbeat I wonder if maybe I should’ve learned my lesson.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland