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Recent Examples of blowback
Beware the blowback That said, mass protests also carry some electoral risks.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Similarly, instead of sounding the alarms in front of the cameras amidst nationwide ICE blowback, Lamont pressed the president directly and personally behind closed doors, securing a commitment that agents wouldn’t be sent where they weren’t requested.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The Senate passed a funding deal early Friday, but blowback from House Republicans came quickly.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The blowback is just part of it.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
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Susan Page, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Similarly, instead of sounding the alarms in front of the cameras amidst nationwide ICE blowback, Lamont pressed the president directly and personally behind closed doors, securing a commitment that agents wouldn’t be sent where they weren’t requested.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
The Senate passed a funding deal early Friday, but blowback from House Republicans came quickly.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
The blowback is just part of it.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
Noun
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But the improvement may not last long as the American economy absorbs fallout from the Iran war and a surge in oil prices.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The rest of the film deals with the fallout from her confession.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
3 Apr. 2026
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But much of the broadening supply crunch stems from a shortage of naphtha, a petroleum by-product and critical feedstock for synthetic materials, of which producers have far fewer reserves and no substitute.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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The industry was at risk of collapsing—until the physical chemist Fritz Haber, at the behest of the German Supreme Command, managed to take a common by-product of dye manufacture and weaponize it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Another side effect is dependency, which may occur with prolonged use of allergy medication.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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Novo Nordisk representatives did not provide the specific number of patients affected when asked, but USA TODAY’s analysis of FDA data shows a large spike in the company’s submissions of side effect reports in July 2025, just a few months after the inspection.—
Austin Fast,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Funding for the initiative stems from a $20,000 reserve administered by the Reparations Stakeholder Authority of Evanston, an offshoot of the Evanston Community Foundation (ECF).—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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In a statement, which did not name Heifler, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said an alleged member of an offshoot of the Jewish Defense League was arrested in connection with a threat to Kiswani.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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