blowback

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Recent Examples of blowback So when Hocevar hears blowback from Hamlin and others, their opinion means little compared to that of Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson and others within the Spire organization. — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The Carlson-Vance partnership has generated more conservative blowback over the past few years as Carlson has progressed from skepticism of Israel into anti-Semitism, which Carlson denies. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026 There was so much preservationist blowback that most of the survivors were soon designated, inside and out, by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026 In 2019, Jay-Z faced blowback for the NFL deal, as many viewed it as his turning his back on Kaepernick, who remained unemployed by the league. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
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Noun
  • Further information on the international leadership team is not yet available, as the transaction is set to close on Tuesday and operational fallout will continue well into the months ahead.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
  • And in a region already suffering from aid shortages, and anticipating even greater food insecurity from this year’s El Nino, humanitarians are rightly nervous about a potential catastrophic fallout.
    — Cameron Hudson, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • But after six months of boiling, pulping, pressing and tinkering, a project in southeastern Turkey has turned roughly 300 kilograms of the agricultural by-product into sheets that can be stitched, folded, printed, woven and worn.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The grade, in his classroom, is a by-product of learning rather than a substitute for it.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia Tardive dyskinesia is a movement disorder that can develop as a side effect of antipsychotics.
    — Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 26 Sep. 2026
  • One side effect of this is a new distance from OpenAI, in addition to its existing chilly relationship with Anthropic, and from the growing number of AI employees in Silicon Valley who also support the calls for a slowdown.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • And this is an offshoot and a companion product to the J490 smart home display.
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a small militant group believed to be an offshoot of the TTP, claimed responsibility.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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