backlash
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Still, the backlash has come from all sides.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
They have drawn a backlash from some corporate issuers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
She faced backlash for the repost and later clarified in a three-part statement that she took issue with the imagery Macklemore displayed during his performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
But electricity bills are only part of a backlash that has spread across the country, fueled by concerns over water consumption, pollution, noise and lucrative tax breaks offered to wealthy technology companies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The board would fear a backlash should it grant the same sum for a project “which an unsympathetic and inaccurate critic might describe as a single instrument for one man.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Several celebrities or influencers who have ventured into the crypto market have faced similar backlashes.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Oligarchs haven’t always been willing to be visible because in history, there have been backlashes against wealth and wealth-power.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024
By starting the exercise while most students were away on winter break, university leaders minimized the raucous backlashes that have bedeviled previous attempts by campus officials to take control of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Egyptian women have faced public backlashes as well.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
One way to think about those backlashes is as an emotional response to loss of status.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
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