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The economic recovery was backsliding, coronavirus cases were surging, and vaccines were just starting to get out.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2021

But putting myself in these scenarios again, it really felt like that was backsliding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2019

But the day before Sloan’s March 12 congressional testimony, a report contended that the bank was backsliding on those reforms and “has not fixed its culture of fear and intimidation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2019

"There was simply too much pressure" to follow through and avoid the impression that Mississippi was backsliding, says a high-ranking state official.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just going to this sleigh-ride wasn't going to prove that she was backsliding, anyway!

From The Governess by Chickering, Charles R.