rewind
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"If I could have one day back, I would rewind to that day," Owen later said.
From BBC ● May 15, 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
Much of Prime Video’s thriller series is stunning, often rewarding a rewind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
“Did you see that? Alex, rewind the hologram thingy.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
As if a formidable pale index finger with a square-trimmed nail rewinds the hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
This fantasy chat plays out in all its white cluelessness as the sitcom rewinds and repeats on mute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Originally the antagonist in "Furie," the prequel rewinds to show the backstory for Thanh Sói.
From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2023
“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
"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
The accumulated mutations serve as a clock that, if calibrated with known dates, can be rewound to pinpoint the dates of divergences.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 27, 2023
I rewound the tape and asked him if he wanted me to play it again.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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
This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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
“Dad had a spirit,” she said, like she was rewinding a bit in our conversation.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
