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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the handling of the outburst by BAFTA and the BBC wasn’t ideal for anyone involved, the outrage and fallout from the event shows that Davidson’s lifelong mission to educate the wider population about Tourette syndrome is ongoing, and so important.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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Another side effect can be dry, irritated eyes because of dehydration.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sasse is on daraxonrasib, and experiencing a visible side effect.—
Eva Flowe
April 21,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2026
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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
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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 2 May. 2026.
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