backslider
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The new paper also tested whether revealing more information about each potential backslider changed the accuracy of predictions.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2020
Attacked as a backslider was Chen Yi, the nation's durable Vice Premier and Foreign Minister.
From Time Magazine Archive
In matters of economic organization, however, even Lenin was a backslider of sorts.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty-one boys have been "honorably discharged" without a single backslider so far.
From Time Magazine Archive
But fool-wisdom told him that this was the right way to tackle a backslider.
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
