look back
verb
looked back; looking back; looks back
: to think about something in the past
Looking back to/at last season, I can see why they didn't win the pennant.
I look back at/on that time with a lot of pride.
How she's changed! After college, she moved to New York, got a job on Wall Street, and never looked back.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
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The leaders who will look back on this moment with pride aren’t the ones who waited.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 28, according to the Tribune’s archives.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Here, Michael Cox, Oli Kay, Jack Lang, Mark Carey and Caoimhe O’Neill look back at the 2025-26 Champions League.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
The leaders who will look back on this moment with pride aren’t the ones who waited.
—Brandi Thomas, Fortune, 28 May 2026
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“Look back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/look%20back. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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