as in remembering
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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Beaming staff keep days effortlessly seamless, remembering you from one day to the next at breakfast, offering to take photos at La Plage, not batting an eyelid when requests to tweak meals are made.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026 -
Levinson weaved the footage into early portions of Sunday night’s episode, when Rue is remembering parts of her life and her younger self, including her friendship with Fez.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Check It Out, 2022, consists of an educational program on anger management that plays on a spherical red television set recalling a space helmet.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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So for now, the Tigers cling to faint hope, recalling their incredible run in the final two months of 2024.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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“Flashing back (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flashing%20back%20%28to%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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