: an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions
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Her best outcome is being seen as someone who raised legitimate concerns, endured blowback, and refused to back down while remaining composed.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
But the shutdown didn’t really create the pressure that caused these developments—if anything, public blowback following the killings of Pretti and others led to these developments and to the shutdown.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Has Chris Pratt — who likewise seems to lean vaguely conservative — ever received the level of nuclear blowback Sweeney did?
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
If producers did go back in and re-edit the episode to add more female voices (and Tiffany in particular) after seeing the fan blowback, then that is a very positive step.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
But the shutdown didn’t really create the pressure that caused these developments—if anything, public blowback following the killings of Pretti and others led to these developments and to the shutdown.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
Has Chris Pratt — who likewise seems to lean vaguely conservative — ever received the level of nuclear blowback Sweeney did?
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2026
If producers did go back in and re-edit the episode to add more female voices (and Tiffany in particular) after seeing the fan blowback, then that is a very positive step.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowback. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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