backslide

And perhaps the best part of all: Nobody can call me a slob again—if I don’t backslide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

In January, MPs on the Health Committee described the backslide as "national disgrace".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

More than 3.7 million people are internally displaced in Myanmar, according to the United Nations, and more one in five people face acute food insecurity amid a national backslide into poverty.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

That night in Dean's shanty Sally and Dan and "Pap" put their heads together to plan how they could in some way make Job Malden backslide.

From The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras by Frederick Vining Fisher

There is confrontation and denial, improvements followed by backslides.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025

Now after nearly two decades of reforms, backslides into scandals, and close watch from activists and the feds, Oakland can enter a probationary period.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2022

Those profits are made on paper not set in stone, but that doesn’t reduce the sense of loss as a portfolio backslides.

From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2022

The process could take five weeks, without any backslides, and is likely to keep him off the Angels’ opening-day roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2019

It is worse yet if a man whose name has long been a guarantee for his message, backslides and brings doubt upon all his previous professions.

From The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch

But with ChatGPT, I backslid into all talking and very little listening, because with AI, you don’t really have to listen with much care, and you can absolutely make everything about you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

After showing some promise in October, the Seahawks’ defense has backslid greatly of late and ranks 25th in points allowed, 28th in yards allowed, 25th in passing yards allowed and 23rd in rushing yards allowed.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

And since that strong four-game introduction, he has quickly backslid in three outings since, finishing Thursday with a 10.80 ERA over that span.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

Also that decade, allied countries accounted for only 5 percent of global decreases — they backslid very little.

From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

The taffy cast to her hair had backslid to ashes of roses.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Fannie Hurst

Adolf Hitler is an extremely backslidden Roman Catholic, but no fool.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed to me I was backslidden and that Brother Nelson and Brother Tubbs were going to deal with me at the meeting and tell me so.

From Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag by S. O. Susag

One day about the middle of the meeting this young man came to the altar, and when asked what was the trouble he said that he had backslidden.

From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor

But he had a heart and a conscience still, and my own heart warmed toward my poor backslidden brother.

From California Sketches, Second Series by O. P. Fitzgerald

But after her uncle had backslidden, she began to receive more or less persecution from her people.

From Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life by E. E. Byrum

In countries like Bangladesh, India and Nepal, youth-led anti-government uprisings have over the past 12 months rallied immense support against the various pressure points of corruption, nepotism, economic inequality and democratic backsliding.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Ours is an age not only of cultural backsliding but also of people uprooting themselves for the sake of safety and reinvention.

From Salon ● May 20, 2026

She said: "This is backsliding and will raise alarm bells at the Federal Reserve."

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Even Grand Rapids is at risk of backsliding, and some parts of the city are struggling with too little opportunity and too few strong families.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Brother Fowles had been in Kilanga six years, which really when you think about it is long enough for about any kind of backsliding you could name.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver