blowback

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Recent Examples of blowback The Iranians know that the upcoming midterm elections limit Trump’s ability to withstand the political blowback from the war. Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 Fortune Tech layoffs have topped 90,000 this year, but companies like Microsoft are using voluntary buyouts to cut costs with less disruption and reputational blowback. Ruth Umoh, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 Even powerful women can’t escape the blowback, the fear. Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2026 The pricing changes follow a similar strategy at PepsiCo’s snack unit Frito-Lays, which slashed prices by 15% in March because of customer blowback. Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
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Noun
  • But if games are wiped out in 2027, the fallout could be worse than in 1994.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The third ended by setting Deborah and Ava on a collision course after Ava blackmails Deborah into becoming head writer of her late-night show, only to render the fallout in cartoonishly broad terms.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • New in-line measurement technologies enable tracking of substrates, by-products and metabolites continuously, inside the reactor, without pulling samples.
    Hamid Noori, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Opening the strait is not an achievement, since its closing was a by-product of the war itself.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Headaches Headaches are a common side effect of ginseng.
    Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 30 May 2026
  • However, while some folks may endure lingering nerve pain from a shingles complication called postherpetic neuralgia, that’s not the only stubborn side effect that can stick around after the painful, blistering rash subsides.
    Alyssa Sparacino, Glamour, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • This subversive summer scent trend is also a natural offshoot of last year’s influx of fill-in-the-blank-savory-food-girl summer; 2025’s tomato perfume is 2026’s sea salt scent.
    Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 3 June 2026
  • Many of those staying are fans of the Surrey Hills Beaverbrook original, deliriously happy that there’s now an equally stylish offshoot in the capital, too.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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