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Adjective
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Here, unfaithful lovers from the second installment discover with fury that their son and daughter have found perfect love together.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026 -
There had also been suspicions Toth had been unfaithful to the mother-in-law.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Why addiction doesn’t end after withdrawal Addiction is a chronic, occasionally relapsing condition.—
Emma Fenske,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Assad, a member of the Alawite religious minority, officially espoused a secular ideology.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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But when many people within liberal societies do not feel that the system is working, when the practical case for liberalism comes into question, secular liberals don’t have much else to go on.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Senators are still far apart on a bipartisan immigration compromise that could stop government funding from partially lapsing Friday night.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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And what good mischief doesn't begin with a little sinful bite?—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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His father, who believes Sammie's music to be sinful, orders him to drop the guitar, but Sammie can't do it.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Spoelstra’s latest challenge to Ware came in mid-January, calling him out for regressing after his strong November stretch.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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Contingency plans are in place should the security situation deteriorate, which may necessitate reverting individual sailings or the wider structural change of the service back to the Cape of Good Hope route, Maersk said.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
Adjective
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These worldly performers are a study in balancing traditions.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Hindu seekers retreat to ashrams, Muslims seclude themselves in mosques away from worldly distractions during Ramadan to practice I'tikaf, and Jews break from work and technology every week on shabbat.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Backsliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backsliding. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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