rear-view mirror
Britishnoun
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A smudged fingerprint on the rear-view mirror has also never been matched.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Maybe he can help the Fed be less dependent on government data that looks in the rear-view mirror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
With the drama in the rear-view mirror, here's how the dust is settling.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
It was only later, after the pandemic receded into our collective rear-view mirror, that I recognized another, underlying reason I talked money so much in the teeth of my frustration and fear.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
“Well, goldang, I was only asking—” “Seems to me,” Gram said, “you’ve got enough to worry about, concentrating on these roads, with-out worrying about Gloria—” Gramps winked at me in the rear-view mirror.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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