backslide
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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
Rodgers is an excellent example of the backslide.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 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
So the young, with a maximum of desire and a minimum of self-restraint, slip into folly, and the aging backslide into shame.
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Rauschenbusch, Walter
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