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Adjective
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Struggling to retain custody of her three-year-old son after leaving her unfaithful husband, Naru is convinced that no good men exist in her country — until a career opportunity offered by Qodrat, the station’s most influential journalist, forces her to reconsider.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2026 -
Noth has not been formally charged or sued in connection with the allegations, and claimed that his only offense was being unfaithful to his wife, Tara Wilson.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Research suggests that going off the drugs earlier than this can increase the odds of relapsing.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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The comedian went in and out of rehab more than a dozen times throughout his life, and was sober for three years before relapsing again in 1995.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Otherwise disparate segments of Iranian society, such as the conservative Bazaari merchants hitherto largely loyal to the clerics and more liberal and secular Iranian youth, shared this overarching goal.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Its first secular use, as a term for major literary texts, dates to the eighteenth century, and that sense became gradually more pervasive as authority was divorced from scripture.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Urban Institute estimates nearly 5 million people will ultimately drop their health coverage in 2026 and be uninsured due to lapsing subsidies.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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While Senate Republicans largely stuck together during the record-breaking government shutdown last year, Democrats capitalized on the crisis to bring attention to lapsing health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year, raising premiums for millions of Americans.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Gettin’ sinful all of a sudden.—
David Searcy,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Tantric cultural and spiritual traditions, which began to emerge in the early centuries of the Common Era, take a positive perspective on the material world in general and the human body in particular, as opposed to traditions that regard both as inherently illusory or sinful.—
Anya Foxen,
The Conversation,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Vrabel, who played in four Super Bowls for the Patriots as a linebacker, overhauled a group that was regressing in coach Bill Belichick's final year and worsened in Jerod Mayo's lone season.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Teachers at Sophia’s school told her parents that her reading skills were regressing, prompting them to order her glasses and schedule what seemed like routine tests.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
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That’s a step in the right direction for a generation that is reverting back to a desire to meet in real life.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
20 Jan. 2026
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Indevin and Vinarchy will use synthetic pesticides and fertilizers in their vineyards, with the former rolling back organic practices at about 250 of its 320 acres, while the latter is reverting 200 of its 370 acres to conventional farming practices.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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My disappointment in Vigil came down to the waste of a perfect setup for exhibiting the worldly redemption of art—that is, its power to redeem us from insensitivity and self-satisfaction.—
Julius Taranto,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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In Woody Allen’s 1979 comedy Manhattan, Hemingway is Tracy, the girlfriend of Allen’s character and only 17, though a worldly 17.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Backsliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backsliding. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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