rear-view mirror
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
Macon glanced at his daughter through the rear-view mirror.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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