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Recent Examples of blowback
Similarly, despite ferocious blowback from parts of the MAGA base, Trump strongly affirmed his support for H-1B visas following encouragement from business leaders, including DOGE co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
That blowback and more — including a confrontation with a staffer following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd in 2020 — helped push Zuckerberg away from his left-leaning political activities, The New York Times reported last September.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
Lively claims in her lawsuit that the blowback was far from authentic.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
The state's water and forest management policies have also been the focus of some of the blowback, particularly from Republicans.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
That blowback and more — including a confrontation with a staffer following the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd in 2020 — helped push Zuckerberg away from his left-leaning political activities, The New York Times reported last September.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
Lively claims in her lawsuit that the blowback was far from authentic.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
The state's water and forest management policies have also been the focus of some of the blowback, particularly from Republicans.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowback
Noun
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Even government agencies are seeing the fallout from litigation.—
Carrie Shepherd,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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The fallout of Season 1’s shocking finale is addressed fairly early on and, of course, new conflict arises.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Slag, for example, is the rocky black substance that is discarded as a by-product from smelting or refining metal.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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Walker, in fact, explains that one of the by-products of alcohol metabolism is a class of chemicals, known as aldehydes, that are especially prone to impede REM sleep.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Potential side effects include temporary darkening or lightening of the skin and persistent redness.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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One side effect for CMOs and CXOs to worry about is that customers who earn status the old-fashioned way, by actually traveling, may resent the practice of their preferred brand offering shortcuts to status.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hailey wears a Saint Laurent gown and a Tiffany & Co. necklace, while Justin wears a dramatically oversized suit by La Maison Drew, an offshoot of his Drew House clothing line.—
Stacey Leasca,
Glamour,
21 Jan. 2025
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How did the offshoot evolve during that XL development period?—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Blowback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowback. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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