move backward
Example Sentences
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“I think we are just going to move backward before we go forward,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist and author of the newsletter Your Local Epidemiologist, told Salon.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
These waves travel forward, strike a reflector, and then move backward, much like light reflecting between mirrors in a laser.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2026
Because when he’s gotten chances, like the one in front of him with the Lakers, he doesn’t move backward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
If the council cannot accelerate its reviews and clarify council deliberation procedures, we will move backward in meeting Clean Energy Transition Act requirements, discourage investment and good jobs, and increase ratepayer costs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
Iorek had to move backward, a step at a time, and to crouch low under the rain of blows from the jeering bear-king.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
