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

It is in our nature to backslide for ever; thou, and thou only, knowest the deceitfulness of the heart; thou, and thou only, canst search it.

From The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. by Isabella Graham

If the world backslides now, the health-related costs of doing so will be astronomical.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2022

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

I know he backslides a bit later, but he comes out all right in the end.

From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Clovis G. Chappell

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

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

But what was hailed by the Justice Department in the 1970s as a “quantum leap forward from traditional jails” eventually backslid into one.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021

The result was that at least two of the congregation backslid over it, and the whole church was thrown into confusion.

From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"Stand steady, men—God is with us!" was the extraordinary battle-cry of this backslidden clergyman, this sinner above many.

From The Brigade Commander by J. W. Deforest

If we did, everybody reckoned that they had backslidden.

From The First Soprano by Mary Hitchcock

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

Well, the young brother must have backslidden, was the instant conclusion, and so it was reported.

From Adventures in the Land of Canaan by Robert Lee Berry

His husband is still paying off his old credit-card debt, and they are constantly trying to cut down on expenses to avoid backsliding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

A former adviser to Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh said Tuesday he will run against him in April elections, denouncing "democratic backsliding" in the small but highly strategic Horn of Africa nation.

From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025

But the north African nation has since seen democratic backsliding and the re-imposition of aspects of authoritarian rule.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

Among the zaniness there’s an emotional arc, a dance of personal growth and backsliding, and depending on what the scene requires, he might be the dumbest guy in the room or the wisest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 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