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Recent Examples of flashback
Meg’s [Marinis, the Grey’s Anatomy showrunner] done such a beautiful job of sprinkling in these flashback moments.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Earlier this week, FX release a bonus one-hour flashback episode that is a stand-alone story featuring Cousin Richie (Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal) on a daytrip to Gary, Indiana.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But in this flashback, Richie’s more like the rough-around-the-edges guy from this series’ first season.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2026
Moreover, Team Star Fox members Slippy, Peppy, and Falco briefly show up as part of an anime-style 2D flashback sequence.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Earlier this week, FX release a bonus one-hour flashback episode that is a stand-alone story featuring Cousin Richie (Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey Berzatto (Jon Bernthal) on a daytrip to Gary, Indiana.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But in this flashback, Richie’s more like the rough-around-the-edges guy from this series’ first season.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2026
Moreover, Team Star Fox members Slippy, Peppy, and Falco briefly show up as part of an anime-style 2D flashback sequence.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashback
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But this album is even more a celebration of memory, with plenty of current happiness thrown in too — as if his recollections about his Liverpool boyhood and his contemporary mash notes to his wife, Nancy Shevell, occupied adjacent spots on his personal timeline.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 May 2026
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What are your recollections of that day?—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
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This is complicity spurred on by a certain kind of Western readers desire to maintain their romantic image of Russia’s past without having to engage critical with Russia’s present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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When Yuri goes missing, Silvia’s childhood trauma comes to the surface, forcing the woman to confront a still very much present past.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Human beings in 2026 know better than perhaps any other preceding generation the ephemeral nature of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Inside, vintage Jet magazine covers, family heirlooms, and historic photographs create an intimate space where food, memory, and community come together.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Ah, reminiscences of days working on an oil rig gone by!—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 May 2026
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Like the Kings and Blackhawks and Penguins and Lightning of yesteryear, the Avs have reached a different level, in rarefied air currently occupied by only Florida and Edmonton.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Schoenbrun draws from the next well over in their new film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which employs a fictional slasher movie of yesteryear as the portal into a conversation about self and desire.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Waymo did not cite a specific instance that prompted the most recent recall, but the company has been forced to pause operations to improve software in several Southern states that have been hit by flash floods, including Texas, Tennessee and Georgia.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
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Here's what to know about the model included in the recall and what car owners should do.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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The island, now almost entirely owned by Oracle mogul Larry Ellison, has a rich fishing history and was once a massive pineapple plantation (Dole had its headquarters here) and served as one of the world's largest pineapple producers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Jason Kidd oversaw perhaps the most chaotic stretch of basketball in Dallas Mavericks history.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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An awkward reminder for Man United fans.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Vorhoff noted that while municipalities nationally have invested heavily in outdoor spaces following the pandemic, that spending has begun to level off in light of other competing needs, and the economic analysis is a reminder that parks serve as more than just attractive backdrops for cities.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
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