backlash
Example Sentences
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A Pokémon card game event at a shrine honouring Japan's war dead has been cancelled following a backlash in China.
From BBC
In 2022 he threatened to invade neighbouring Kenya, triggering a backlash from Kenyans who trolled him for his "reckless" comments.
From BBC
The sale has been met with intense backlash online from locals in the surrounding areas.
From BBC
Part of the reason for this shift, people in the industry say, is the public backlash against private equity’s role in medicine, and recent government scrutiny of it.
But so far there is little sign that Putin is worried about a backlash from elites or Russian society.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
