retrospection

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Jack Angelides, CEO of Maccabi Tel Aviv, told the BBC their fans being banned meant it was "time for some introspection and retrospection".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

What’s more, only the rosiest retrospection could blur a fan’s vision of the outstanding fighters and compelling matchups in the sport’s near future.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, Calif., has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

Between the leaves of that mournful story of recrimination and retrospection, Alharthi gently explores Zuhour’s troubled life in Britain.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

I spent nearly a week in Mqhekezweni after the funeral and it was a time of retrospection and rediscovery.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela