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Recent Examples of blowback
And though many Republicans hate the shutdown, the leader is not getting internal blowback, either.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Jefferson, too, faced blowback from critics.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
In doing so, the palace must weigh distancing itself from Andrew with ensuring the blowback from any further censure does not do even more damage to an institution that requires public buy-in.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
Critics call it ‘sportswashing’ There was certain to be blowback to any deal with Saudi Arabia because of the country’s history of human rights violations.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Jefferson, too, faced blowback from critics.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
In doing so, the palace must weigh distancing itself from Andrew with ensuring the blowback from any further censure does not do even more damage to an institution that requires public buy-in.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2025
Critics call it ‘sportswashing’ There was certain to be blowback to any deal with Saudi Arabia because of the country’s history of human rights violations.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
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The fallout from all this has defined an especially dramatic week in Spanish football.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s little doubt the fallout of the ongoing betting scandal will have a significant impact on the NBA for years to come.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Adding Tren de Aragua to this particular cause was a by-product of the 2024 Presidential campaign.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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By volume alone, slop may be the most visible and successful by-product of the generative-AI era to date.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Fong had been providing him twice-weekly testosterone injections, as well as injections of anastrozole, a chemotherapy drug intended to prevent breast growth, which can be a side effect of testosterone.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Researchers have revealed a surprising new side effect linked to GLP-1 agonists, such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as Reagan in the Blue Bloods offshoot.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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The missionary, a pilot for the evangelical group Serving in Mission, was reportedly taken north toward an area controlled by an ISIS offshoot.—
Greg Wehner , Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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