: an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions
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After a whole lot of blowback about the return of Rush mode in the Battlefield 6 beta, DICE has read the room and decided to roll out a number of changes to the mode.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The largest private health insurer has become the face of public blowback in this country against the rising costs of health care.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
The unusual request was part of the administration's effort to tamp down the intense public blowback over its handling of the Epstein files.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 11 Aug. 2025
But his police state tactics are causing blowback too.
—Storer H. Rowley, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The largest private health insurer has become the face of public blowback in this country against the rising costs of health care.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
The unusual request was part of the administration's effort to tamp down the intense public blowback over its handling of the Epstein files.
—Carrie Johnson, NPR, 11 Aug. 2025
But his police state tactics are causing blowback too.
—Storer H. Rowley, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowback. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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