rear-view mirror
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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But as the Earth shrinks ever smaller in their rear-view mirror, they've had a constant connection with mission control in Houston, Texas.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Dressed in white and with a rosary hanging from her car's rear-view mirror, she drove through the city but became trapped in traffic.
From Barron's • Nov. 7, 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
As the early decades of car culture and roadside design begin to shrink in the rear-view mirror, historians and preservationists say public officials are increasingly wrestling with the question of which artifacts to protect.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
But then in the rear-view mirror, we saw them make a U-turn, and we knew they were going to flash us to stop.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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