backlash

Example Sentences

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Some people viewed that as admirable that he left, but there was some backlash from others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

While many in Quebec were angry, some in the rest of Canada openly questioned the backlash.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Wade, and the absolutely enormous antifeminist backlash within which we are all living.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

After remarks to business groups and comments to journalists that he had managed to get by without French for years, Rousseau faced backlash from politicians.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

But what had prompted this new wave was far more extraordinary than a straightforward backlash to what had gone before.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall