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backlash

[bak-lash] / ˈbækˌlæʃ /


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Among players, opinions seem more mixed than the online backlash suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

Oscar-nominated Chalamet triggered a backlash from the performing arts world after he appeared to dismiss the two art forms.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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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