backward
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This, it was concluded, was most likely caused by the repetitive backward and forward movement of an unsupported infant's head pivoting on the neck.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The app helped the once-behind country leap forward, she argued, "helping us to solve this very backward communication system".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
But Mendelsohn, who had no program for the building, nor any notion of the scientific instruments it would contain, began the process backward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
For example, Arizona and Hawaii do not move their clocks forward or backward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He stood up abruptly, knocking the desk chair over backward.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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