as in remembers
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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Nguyen remembers when her parents, immigrants from Laos who dreamed of owning a restaurant, first opened Vientiane Noodle Shop on South 35th Street and West National Avenue in the Silver City neighborhood in 2001.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
28 Jan. 2026 -
But for anyone who remembers the cottage-cheese era of wellness retreats, this shift alone still feels like progress.—
Annie Daly,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2026
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The test of endurance recalls nuclear semiotics.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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That death toll exceeds that of any other round of protest or unrest in Iran in decades, and recalls the chaos surrounding the 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Flashes back (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashes%20back%20%28to%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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