look back on
Example Sentences
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Will the area look back on the games as a missed opportunity to improve public transit for the long term?
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
“It’s a 129-day shoot, but I look back on my ‘Survivor’ experience, and I’m like, ‘Dude, I did that and I can do this.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
"In a few years' time, I think we'll look back on London as the canary in the coalmine. But I hope we'll also see it as the place where the fightback began," Sir Sadiq added.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Perhaps someday, if they survived, they would look back on it and laugh, but not now.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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