backfire
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Appeared in the October 21, 2025, print edition as 'Beijing’s Minerals Brinkmanship May Backfire'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
After Ferguson came on board, the F.B.I. designated the ELF investigation a major case, branding it Operation Backfire, freeing up more money and resources.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
"It is pretty hard to find too many people who think she did a great job there," said journalist Peter Burrows, who wrote "Backfire," a book about Fiorina's reign at HP.
From US News • Sep. 21, 2015
A Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Could Backfire, Experts Say A number of public health groups and experts are criticizing the governors’ decision.
From Forbes • Oct. 24, 2014
U.S. military officials also charged that five airfields are either currently receiving improvements or under construction in Nicaragua; at least one of them might be used for stopovers by Soviet long-range Backfire bombers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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