blowback

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Recent Examples of blowback Hayden has been criticized by O’Malley’s attorney for charging the officer before waiting for a grand jury indictment, and has faced blowback from the local police community. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 Buyers and sellers alike have also exited the housing market amid economic blowback from the Iran war, CNBC reported on April 7. Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026 The ploy provoked personal blowback, including allegations of domestic abuse, which Magyar denied. Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026 That longstanding connection could insulate Orbán from some of the anti-Trump blowback rattling the rest of Europe, but that's not guaranteed, said Charles Kupchan, a professor of international relations at Georgetown University and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowback
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Noun
  • Redistricting fight The fallout of the Supreme Court’s ruling this week, which further gutted the Voting Rights Act, is already unfolding.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • Then the video goes viral, the American political system can’t handle the fallout, and Benton winds up in the Oval Office.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • This action is tied to national security concerns about supply chain risks, not a product-by-product security test of individual routers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Any social good that emerged was a mere by-product of the economic dynamism these relations were supposed to unleash.
    Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Another side effect can be dry, irritated eyes because of dehydration.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Sasse is on daraxonrasib, and experiencing a visible side effect.
    Eva Flowe April 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • His ethos is guided by the idea that physical appearance trumps all else, though its offshoots venture into sexist, misogynistic and racist philosophies.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The tokens have swept the online collecting world recently, an offshoot of the boom in cryptocurrencies.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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