: an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions
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But the natural blowback from that is those who were receiving the wasteful dollars and the fraudulent dollars will try to attack me and the DOGE team and anything associated with me.
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article 3 min Dominik Hasek has been outspoken about Russia's invasion on Ukraine, and it's naturally received blowback from leaders of the country.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But no company has faced as fierce a blowback from DEI supporters as Target.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their odds of a recession in recent weeks amid blowback in financial markets abroad and at home over Trump’s tariffs imposing hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on foreign goods.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Dan Gooding
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article 3 min Dominik Hasek has been outspoken about Russia's invasion on Ukraine, and it's naturally received blowback from leaders of the country.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
But no company has faced as fierce a blowback from DEI supporters as Target.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
Banks such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their odds of a recession in recent weeks amid blowback in financial markets abroad and at home over Trump’s tariffs imposing hundreds of billions of dollars in new taxes on foreign goods.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowback. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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