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First off, all civil airliners nowadays use turbofans, not just "most".
Second, almost all civil airliners still in service use specifically high-bypass turbofans, with a bypass ratio1 of 5:1 or greater. With these engines, the vast majority of the engine's thrust comes from the cold bypass air, not the hot core air, so, even if you reverse both ...
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