How to Use into reverse in a Sentence
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The video then shows the woman putting her car into reverse.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
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The captain threw the boat into reverse, pulling the net taut.
—Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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But then, in the late 1990s, the progress slowed—and soon went into reverse.
—Anne Case, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2020
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Omicron halted a long, slow rise in travel and threw it into reverse.
—David Koenig, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2022
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Tesla isn’t the only once-hot auto stock to sharply go into reverse.
—Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
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Be sure the car is fully stopped before switching gears into reverse.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
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The driver threw the pickup into reverse and drove away far too fast, spitting dust up all over them again.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
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This is not to say things are suddenly going into reverse on the housing front.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
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The driver then switches gears and puts the car into reverse as the agent tries to hold onto his left forearm.
—The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
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The policies were enough to push economic growth into reverse in the first quarter.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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And one former lawyer in the office argued progress had not only slowed, but gone into reverse in some ways.
—Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
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Earth’s inner core may have stopped rotating and could go into reverse, a new study suggests.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
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The woman put her car into reverse, then into drive, and then three shots were fired, witnesses said.
—Dave Savini, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
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The motorist then put her vehicle into reverse, then into drive.
—CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
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The motorist then put her vehicle into reverse, then into drive.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
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The motorist then put her vehicle into reverse, then into drive.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
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Earth's inner core may have stopped turning and could go into reverse, according to a study published this week.
—Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2023
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Minutes later, Klare recalls, her train missed its stop and was shifted into reverse.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
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Painfully slow progress on recruiting a more diverse workforce has slid into reverse.
—William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2020
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The car shifts into reverse, and into its second launch, reaching 101 mph.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
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Then deficits normally expand again in downturns, as those factors go into reverse.
—Jeff Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2023
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As the detective told the two to exit the car, Sell put it into reverse, the affidavit said.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Nov. 2021
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But sales slammed into reverse last year, marking its first annual decline in its history.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
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The driver then puts the vehicle into reverse, hitting the gate arm and coming to a stop with the front wheels now blocking part of the tracks.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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In drive, pushing it forward first engages neutral; a second push forward is needed to get into reverse.
—Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
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Police then claim the boy put the car into reverse, hitting a garage, before driving toward the officers.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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As Balinger tells the man in the pickup not to move, the man starts the ignition and throws the vehicle into reverse, the video shows.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
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Economists point to a variety of factors that can send the economy into reverse.
—oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2022
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Forecast in detail Much of April was mild, but temperatures have gone into reverse since last week.
—Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 1 May 2023
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Most often, this is done by hard-wiring the camera to the reverse lights so the camera turns on only when your vehicle is shifted into reverse.
—Gannon Burgett, Car and Driver, 11 July 2023
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