backlash

Following the backlash to the Haymarket Square bombing and a series of failed strikes, the Knights faded.

Beale’s attempt to modernize Lloyd’s culture and technology provoked a “complete backlash right from the beginning,” including a stream of hostile emails and letters, she said.

In March, Hong Kong authorities began requiring that at least half of all new public-works contracts specify metal scaffolding, which generated a backlash from scaffolding unions and the construction industry.

The backlash, though, often conflates flawed implementation with a flawed idea.

Thompson, from Suffolk, said she and fellow competitors were "mentally drained" having "received backlash and insults" since the decision, which "needs to stop".