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rewind

[ree-wahynd, ree-wahynd] / riˈwaɪnd, ˈriˌwaɪnd /


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That's all in real time as the match happens, but you can also rewind key moments, switch cameras and see stats.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

We can’t rewind the tape without the war to see if its warning was valid.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

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

What we have the power to do is not rewind or watch all the way through, but to turn something off.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2026

She wanted to rewind the last hour and do it all over again.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

“Together,” Mr. Doherty notes, “the film inventory and the expert commentary created the archival documentary, the motion picture genre that preserves and rewinds our history.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

If a viewer rewinds during this part, Netflix wants to know why.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2026

In Chuck years, the film starts when he’s 39 and in his final hours of fading away from brain cancer, rewinds to nine months earlier and then leaps back to his boyhood.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

“Pamela, a Love Story” powerfully rewinds Pamela Anderson’s life and fame.

From New York Times Feb. 1, 2023

Werner rewinds the resistance track and splices the wires and plugs in the radio.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

When you hit the button, you’ll be rewinded two minutes back in the stream, Twitch tells The Verge.

From The Verge Oct. 20, 2021

I rewound the final beat of this week’s episode of “The Curse” immediately after first watching it, and have found myself revisiting it many times since.

From New York Times Dec. 1, 2023

"Nas," Duncan said as he rewound tape, "Nas."

From Salon May 14, 2023

While Morgan remotely rewound video for coaches on the bench to look at, Ohashi watched a higher up, wide-angle “coach’s camera” feed offering a better view of the play.

From Seattle Times May 6, 2023

Roche then allegedly rewound and replayed the offensive part of the video, causing some attendees to groan and walk out of class.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2023

But right then, Colin pulled the minirecorder out of his pocket and rewound it.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green

If this sounds like a lot of work, or unduly time-consuming, remember that it’s still a lot faster than rewinding weeks of work or a mistaken decision based on incorrect information.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

“That’s basically rewinding 10 years of demand growth.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

In response, Ubisoft shut down its R6 servers and began to work on a "roll back" - essentially rewinding the clock so any purchases made prior to Saturday could be undone.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

He was too busy rewinding to break down the key moments.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2025

I could use an in-person guru to help, instead of me pausing and rewinding how-to videos every few seconds to follow along.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio



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