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Recent Examples of blowback
And ultimately, the one who is likely to face the most blowback from that is Trump.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Since Weiss was installed in October as the head of CBS News following Paramount's merger with Skydance (and the combined company's subsequent purchase of Weiss' Free Press company), her tenure has faced blowback.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
But to this day, the SCMaglev still faces approval roadblocks – from prefecture vetoes and environmental blowback, to cost concerns and an overall systemic risk aversion to name a few – preventing it from being completed and opening to the public.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Americans like the perks Despite the rising costs of carrying premium credit cards and the potential blowback from the Visa and Mastercard settlement, early indicators suggest interest remains high in the premium card market.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Since Weiss was installed in October as the head of CBS News following Paramount's merger with Skydance (and the combined company's subsequent purchase of Weiss' Free Press company), her tenure has faced blowback.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
But to this day, the SCMaglev still faces approval roadblocks – from prefecture vetoes and environmental blowback, to cost concerns and an overall systemic risk aversion to name a few – preventing it from being completed and opening to the public.
—New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
Americans like the perks Despite the rising costs of carrying premium credit cards and the potential blowback from the Visa and Mastercard settlement, early indicators suggest interest remains high in the premium card market.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
Noun
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Government spending ramped up to try to alleviate the economic fallout, and agencies loosened some spending restrictions.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Jan. 2026
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This morning, Minnesota Senator Tina Smith on the fallout.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Clean energy from toxic waste Bio-tar – the thick liquid by-product produced when heating biomass and organic matter – has long been viewed as toxic to the environment and an unavoidable cost of renewable energy production.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
30 Dec. 2025
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Meteor Showers in Dark Sky Parks Most meteor showers are the by-products of comets, except for the Geminids, which is a by-product of an asteroid.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
24 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Luckily, a side effect of knuckle cracking is not the bends—or even a case of arthritis.—
Sarah Lindenfeld Hall,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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The [rare side effect was] quickly picked up, and the vaccine was off the market within a little over a year.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Weir and his bandmates continued to mine the ample songbook through a series of offshoots, including The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur and, most recently, Dead & Company, which paired Weir and drummer Mickey Hart with pop-rock guitarist John Mayer.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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After a three-year run, SXSW Sydney, the Australian offshoot of the music, film, tech and media conference, will not be returning in 2026.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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