backlash
Example Sentences
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It’s also creating a backlash in Hollywood over copyright issues.
The backlash caused Ring to cancel a deal with tech surveillance company Flock Safety, which sells its tools to police and governments under the guise of stopping crime.
From Salon
No poet so famous for so long fails to inspire a backlash.
The surprise success goes immediately to Toño’s head, and Vargas Llosa is very funny about the backlash that ensues when a fringe scholar is nudged into the mainstream.
The proposals could face a backlash from campaign groups who fear they could water down the legal rights of children.
From BBC
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