backslide

Example Sentences

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How did public health backslide so hard that it undid decades of progress—and is there any hope we can get back on track?

From Slate • Jul. 11, 2025

As someone who has spent a fair chunk of their adult life being probably too concerned with the proper lighting for every occasion, I can’t stand to see this backslide go any further.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

And that does feel like a bit of a backslide because of the constriction of this industry right now.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Every time something encouraging happens — executing the game plan to near-perfection at Vancouver, or tossing the kitchen sink and cabinets at the Sharks — they immediately backslide.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

And the converts made at such cost of threats and promises were always ready to backslide.

From The Story of the Innumerable Company, and Other Sketches by Jordan, David Starr