backlash

Example Sentences

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But, despite those efforts, the subsequent backlash over the far-flung location has led organisers to offer refunds to those customers who "prefer not to attend due to increased travel distance".

From BBC

Organisations worldwide are racing to develop a universally recognised label for "human-made" products and services as part of the growing backlash against AI use.

From BBC

The Emirati crackdown has sparked backlash after Western media covered the arrests.

From Barron's

Meanwhile, the war is producing the kind of backlash that has haunted every modern American intervention.

From Salon

Sable has faced particular backlash over its efforts to restart a pipeline that ruptured in 2015, causing one of the biggest oil spills in state history.

From Los Angeles Times