as in to remember
to bring back to mind
the scent made me flash back to the days of my mother's home-cooked Sunday dinners
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With elections scheduled for October 2026, Netanyahu remains focused on staying in power, but also on shaping how history will remember him.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025 -
Brilliant saves are great, but only a handful of those are remembered.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration is recalling frozen shrimp sold at Walmart for possible radioactive chemical contamination.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration is recalling frozen shrimp sold at Walmart, including stores in Ohio and Kentucky, for possible radioactive chemical contamination.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
The Enquirer,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Flash back (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flash%20back%20%28to%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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