retrogress

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"The quality of witnesses wasn't high to begin with," one of his aides said after Kowalewski appeared, "and it's retrogressed since."

From Time Magazine Archive

But after the unsuccessful Paterson textile strikes in 1912 and 1913, the star of the Industrial Workers of the World set as rapidly as it had risen and the organization rapidly retrogressed.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig

They had been retrogressed together and Dorn Starret had done it; now he had come back to make certain that they didn't trace him.

From Forget Me Nearly by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)

After 1912, particularly since 1916, the socialist party became involved in the War and the difficulties created by the War and retrogressed.

From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig

The floor was covered with linoleum of which the black and white chess-board pattern had long since retrogressed with usage into an uninspiring blur.

From The Hermit of Far End by Pedler, Margaret