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backlash

noun as in adverse reaction

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However, RedBird Capital dropped that bid earlier this month as it faced concerns about securing regulatory approval and a backlash from the publication’s staff.

However, some women have faced a backlash from employers for wanting to participate in the protest.

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But some technology executives see a place where energy would be cheap, temperatures hospitable and community backlash nonexistent: outer space.

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The proposal garnered instantaneous backlash from American cattle producers.

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The beauty pageant drew backlash earlier this month after its Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil publicly berated Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, at a pre-pageant event for not posting promotional content on her social media platforms.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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