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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backslid
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Last year, the 34-year-old Alabama native — who has struggled with addiction for two decades — relapsed, leading to a brutal fight and a broken neck.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026 -
Delonte West’s Recent String of Arrests West has rebounded and relapsed several times since then.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Flashbacks are deployed as more than mere framing devices, since the past plays an active, exciting role in the town’s present, and there’s an extended drug trip that skillfully manipulates lapsed time through recurring blackouts to keep you on the edge of your seat.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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During the more than 60 days since DHS funding lapsed, many TSA workers have struggled, according to their union.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
22 Apr. 2026
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But Nussmeier decided to stay in school, and his play regressed due to injuries and inconsistent play.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the team has regressed in the postseason.—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In 2017, Neverland Ranch was reverted back to its original name of Sycamore Valley Ranch, per Billboard.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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The third, introduced on April 16, added a system prompt instruction capping the model’s responses at 25 words between tool calls—a change Anthropic said measurably hurt coding quality before it was reverted four days later.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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When the boyfriend returned, Delgado-Cordoba got back in the driver’s seat and drove away with the woman still inside.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Then all the old problems returned.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Backslid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backslid. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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