rearview mirror
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Origin of rearview mirror
Example Sentences
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No one found more immediate success than Kyle Tucker, who temporarily put his .227 batting average on the trip in the rearview mirror.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
The point of no return is already in the rearview mirror, and the road ahead is flanked by pain.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
To assume that future returns will be high because recent returns have been high would be like driving a car down the road while looking only in the rearview mirror.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Just as new drivers learn to use a rearview mirror to track other vehicles, "Octopuses can also learn how to use a mirror to infer where things are in the world."
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
She doesn’t hug me good-bye, but she stands in the doorway waving until her house disappears from my rearview mirror.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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