blowback

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Recent Examples of blowback Failure abroad and domestic blowback Miranda returned to New York from Washington in early January 1806 without official support. Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 But in China's calculation, proving progress toward a building a full nuclear triad was worth the risk of regional blowback, said Lyle Morris, senior fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 8 July 2026 Short of lawsuits, employers may fear blowback from their workers, who surveys show are content with traditional investment options. Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 After the blowback that decision received, however, I’d be shocked if Belichick wasn’t a part of the Class of 2027). Scott Fowler july 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
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Noun
  • Aside from social media posts complaining about the war’s fallout and some grumbling from oligarchs about the Kremlin seizing their assets, there are still no signs of any widespread popular unrest against Vladimir Putin’s regime.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This latest twist came after the most recent cycle of attacks failed to break Tehran’s stranglehold on the strait and in fact saw the war expand to the Red Sea and Egypt, threatening even greater fallout for the global economy.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Boeing went from the world’s most trusted manufacturer to a cautionary tale because the numbers became the motivation rather than the by-product.
    Dr. Beh Chun Chuan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ungrounding is not a by-product of military confrontation but rather its aim.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • And neither happens easily in organizations that treat the human experience of change as a side effect to be managed rather than a reality to be understood.
    Maria Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Its results have sparked a flurry of activity as physicists try to determine whether the conflicting measurements are a side effect of different experimental procedures, or a sign that new particles are popping up after all.
    Matt von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Art Basel came to Miami Beach in 2002 as the first offshoot of its original event in Basel, Switzerland.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • The demonstrators, affiliated with Youth Demand, an offshoot of a student division of climate action organization Just Stop Oil, then vocally called for England to end trade with Israel.
    News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026

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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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