backfire

Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández wondered whether the Braves’ game plan might soon backfire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

But Thomas warned that plans to keep more middle-ranking cases before magistrates by abolishing defendants' rights to ask for a jury trial could backfire - not least because of a shortage of magistrates.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some analysts say curbing diesel shipments abroad could backfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"It seems to me that this has the potential to backfire spectacularly," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Thanks to her maddening pep, though, it may backfire.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

The company has long relied on this high-yielding equity as its primary engine to bankroll Bitcoin acquisitions—a strategy that backfires when the shares lose ground.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

All of the above comes with a caveat: Unbridled choice often backfires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

"Discord could lose users if its implementation of age verification backfires, but it could equally attract more new users who will be drawn to its new standards for online safety by design," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Is there a chance this really backfires, then?

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

While groans, fiendish gurglings and backfires were emitting from the barn, the house itself would be organized confusion, as the family carried out its preparations in accordance with prearranged plans.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

They gave him just a few days off, and that backfired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The move backfired after all the other major parties decided not to field candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But a police crackdown on crowds marching towards parliament on July 20 backfired, galvanising support for the movement and transforming anger over exam leaks into a broader expression of youth frustration.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

A hands-off policy had backfired, the insurgents had gathered strength.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

But Frazer Rhodes, who worked in government across a decade to help build the technology and devise high thresholds for the alerts, feels a review is now necessary to avoid future ones backfiring.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

But I also feel like there’s a huge risk of that backfiring.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Nestlé tweaked its portfolio, but investors say some acquisitions were a distraction, backfiring as the company expanded into non-core areas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

The strategy started backfiring unexpectedly in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The automobile had a black canvas roof, slotted rubber tires, and a brass horn, and was shimmying and shaking and backfiring to beat the band.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns