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Adjective
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Starring Yakusho Koji, the film follows a man released on parole after killing his unfaithful wife.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 May 2026 -
The golden calf famously enraged Moses, showing that the Israelites had turned away from God and were unfaithful in Moses’s absence.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Because ulcerative colitis is a relapsing–remitting disease, many people go through quiet periods and then experience flares when inflammation ramps up again.—
Mark Marino,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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The other two have a more common form of MS, called relapsing MS.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Many in the insular ultra-Orthodox community fear that military service would expose young people to secular influences.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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On trips to Spain this month and France in September, Leo will find thousands of young people like her in these traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries, where historic churches are abundant and Mass attendance is sparse.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Or to some shaky American accents that keep lapsing.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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The move comes as the partial shutdown enters its sixth week, with funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsing in mid-February.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bowing down and worshiping an idol is sinful.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Efficiency is religion, and turnovers are almost sinful.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
Verb
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This shifts hair follicles from regressing into active growth.—
Deena Zaidi,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Rafa Leao and Christian Pulisic were unsustainably clinical in the first half of the season, before regressing to the mean in a side bereft of chance creation in the second half of the campaign.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The state is reverting some districts to older lines that are more favorable to Republicans.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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The ruling effectively overturned the city’s ordinance, reverting the election to November 2025.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Here, against the intimate interiority of this elegant narrative, untamed urges clash with Confucian ideals of filial piety and Buddhist undertones of the suffering caused by worldly attachments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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However, he was inspired by one particular episode — Mann’s return to Germany in 1949 with his spitfire and worldly daughter Erika (played by Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 May 2026
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“Backsliding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backsliding. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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