slide back
Example Sentences
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For 50 years, it repeatedly convinced international lenders it had changed its ways, only to slide back into default, instability and inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
After the warmest start to May on record, the UK is now on a general slide back to what some might think of as typically British bank holiday weather.
From BBC • May 2, 2025
“They do seem to slide back into their old habits.”
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2025
Anthony Rendon will spend more and more time on the IL, and the team will slide back into obscurity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2023
At the gate, they had to wait a few moments before Dolorous Edd Tollett appeared to slide back the bolts and swing open the iron bars.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
