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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. 12, 2026

Tapes are back in fashion for a growing number of millennials and zoomers, especially in Los Angeles, who are hitting rewind on the format’s presumed extinction.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 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

I pause and rewind to the beginning, turning the iPad to myself The intro blares out again, a mix of drumming and a man’s deep voice saying something in Arabic.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

As if a formidable pale index finger with a square-trimmed nail rewinds the hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 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

Unfortunately, the staging, with interstitial rewinds as seen in “Hamilton,” is so unclear you may have trouble following any of the outcomes, which all involve one of the regulars at Trish’s.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 2023

So far, the series has started with the discovery of a dead body at the end of the week, then rewinds to guest arrivals and plays out from there.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2022

Turn the pages of that diary, and her inky scrawl rewinds the clock, to a time when her story is just starting.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

For me, opening my heart to Lynch began when I rewound to the beginning of his career.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

Austin Hunter Turner died in 2017, on a night that Goodwin has rewound and replayed again and again, trying to make sense of what happened.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2024

Instead, he and the director Steven Caple Jr. have rewound the clock to 1994 for yet another demolition derby.

From New York Times Jun. 8, 2023

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

From Salon May 14, 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

The Muschiettis have a three-season plan for “Welcome to Derry,” with the potential second to be set in 1935 and the third rewinding to 1908.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2025

“You want proof?” asked Foaly, rewinding the tape.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer



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