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Recent Examples of flashback
Her part involves a small scene in a flashback but required her to learn how to roller-skate.
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Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
The root of Jessie’s trauma, abandonment by Emliy, is established via flashback almost immediately in the latest film.
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Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
Horror veteran Ti West (MaXXXine) helmed the flashback episode about the island’s history while Andrew DeYoung (Friendship, The Chair Company) riffed on the comedic chapter where Tom accidentally takes psychedelic mushrooms.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Tell me about like bringing him into that with the flashback episode.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for flashback
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
The root of Jessie’s trauma, abandonment by Emliy, is established via flashback almost immediately in the latest film.
—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
19 June 2026
Horror veteran Ti West (MaXXXine) helmed the flashback episode about the island’s history while Andrew DeYoung (Friendship, The Chair Company) riffed on the comedic chapter where Tom accidentally takes psychedelic mushrooms.
—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Tell me about like bringing him into that with the flashback episode.
—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for flashback
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashback
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Maria Avila offered tearful recollections of the traumatic incident and her less-than-full recovery on the stand last week, speaking in Spanish with an interpreter.
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The Shining Stars documentary was released in 2001 using a similar narrative approach that combined band member recollections with commentary from contemporary hit artists.
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In Maddie’s Secret, Early plays food influencer Maddie, who finds online stardom while working for a trendy company, only for the mounting pressures of her newfound success to reawaken a secret from her troubled past.
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Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago’s past.
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Prosecutor Brittany Dunlop challenged Zarrius' version of events, telling the jury during closing arguments that his apparent memory loss was not credible.
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Those emotions and memories now dry up in this, the final adventure, of dessication.
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Non-manufacturing teams are spending more time in the plants than ever, and executive visits happen more regularly over the big, scripted affairs of yesteryears.
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These are not the Bermuda shorts of yesteryear—they’re roomier, tailored, and much more chic.
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Ironically, this reminiscence preceded my viewing of Remarkably Bright Creatures, the recent Netflix release that seeks to inaugurate a new, regrettable phase in Field’s five-decade-long movie career.
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Aiding him in all this robust reminiscence is his co-producer on all the tracks and co-writer on about half of them, Andrew Watt, classic rock’s biggest modern cheerleader.
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The pages contained everything to know, all the history of the island and the church.
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Anticipation for the milestone holiday has been building for much of the year, serving as an opportunity for Americans to reflect on their complicated history as onetime colonists of an empire who became a superpower of their own.
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Two lots of dog food not only have been pulled this week in a not-food-in-your-food recall, but the manufacturer claims theft put them on store shelves in the first place.
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England also had to reshuffle when fullback George Furbank was sidelined by appendicitis after working for two years for his test recall.
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Like many public events in wartime Ukraine, the festival blended ordinary leisure with reminders that the war is never far away.
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The most potent reminder of the bloodshed lies in the thousands of people buried under debris.
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“Flashback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashback. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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