backlash
Example Sentences
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Jeon said those involved "denied any intentional wrongdoing, saying they only realised the campaign could be problematic after the issue drew public backlash".
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The memo sparked intense backlash after it was resurfaced and leaked to the press nearly two years later.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Daunt told The Times that the wave of backlash is based on misinterpretations of what he said, and that only a “highly edited version” of what the bookseller “actually said” had been aired.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Regular customers often paid for much of the cost of transmission lines that served data centers, adding to a backlash against the massive warehouses.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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