backlash
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Couched in the blunt AI talk is a warning for other CEOs: Be candid about the coming disruption, or risk a public backlash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
There has been some backlash too, after it emerged Australian taxpayers may be saddled with some of the security costs for their public events.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
It was a backlash against millionaires who were profiting off the backs of ordinary people.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
The post was deleted Monday morning after a sizable backlash.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
The board would fear a backlash should it grant the same sum for a project “which an unsympathetic and inaccurate critic might describe as a single instrument for one man.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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