rewind

Example Sentences

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The team attempted to "rewind the clock" by about 80 million years, which is how long the rock is estimated to have been exposed at the Martian surface.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

It was also possible to rewind livestreams from the start, and download archived clips.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

"There is a bittersweet feeling, and it is a bit after the Lord Mayor's Show. But you only have to rewind 36 hours when it was doom and gloom."

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

To rewind: Metro approved the gondola project last year, but a court ordered a second look at whether the environmental impact report truly had evaluated all that could be done to mitigate construction noise.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

He wanted to go back to sleep, rewind to yesterday.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly