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Recent Examples of flashback
In a flashback, a FEDRA soldier named Isaac defects to join the WLF and eventually leads the Wolves’ fight against the Seraphites.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 May 2025
First, Elsbeth experiences an awful flashback to Crawford’s murder, triggered by her standard reenactment of the murder.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Any outside life was going to be a flashback and Leshem’s main character, the inmate, was to provide the voiceover.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2025
Suggest that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter should play the repairman in a flashback on the show, and Sodaro literally gasps.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 1 May 2025
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The letters range from the prosaic to the profound: recollections of childhood softball games, news about David’s retirement, updates on their aging mother’s declining health.—
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After this, consolidation eventually stabilizes memory traces and stores them for future recollection in the long term.—
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While pyramids may remind us of the ancient past, there are still plenty of examples of them in the architecture of today.—
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The 32 best shows on Paramount+ In the final episodes of season 2, Colter finds a phone number amongst his dad's keepsakes that belongs to a scientist, David Pearson, with a shady past and ties to the U.S. government.—
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This was a way to make a new memory with the man who had captured so many of her firsts.—
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Outlawed in many regions due to the fire risk and environmental hazards, the idea of releasing thousands of them indiscriminately into the sky literally wouldn’t fly here in Southern California, where memories of the January wildfires are all too fresh.—
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Also posted is a reminiscence by Asawa’s granddaughter Lilli Lanier, who grew up nearby.—
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There were also reminiscences from some of the people who were closest to Jones, including his two of his first cousins, Terry Connolly and Tracy Connley Johnson.—
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In some cases, events that generate more interest in a player from baseball’s yesteryears can be a real boon, too.—
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For a touch of yesteryear in your kitchen, Smeg appliances hold a special place in our retro-loving hearts.—
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When cracks did appear in Edmonton during the regular season, general manager Stan Bowman found workarounds (like claiming Kasperi Kapanen on waivers) and resisted a recall for Savoie.—
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According to an enforcement report published by the FDA, Wells Enterprises, which produces Wells Dairy products, issued a voluntary recall of 22 flavors of frozen desserts in their portfolio.—
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Combs' lawyers have argued the law has a history of racial bias that rarely results in prosecution.—
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Charlotte’s victory in the series-deciding finale improved its record to 3-4 all time in its modern history (since 1994) and was the second in three season; Charlotte won the decisive third game of a best-of-three series in 2023 over Lehigh Valley.—
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So these groups are a real reminder for me that the internet can be such a balm to communities of people who can't access each other offline.—
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Which is a reminder that the tax cuts some in Congress want to pay for will be paid for by others.—
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“Flashback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashback. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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