backfire

"I would argue that this could actually backfire," Kugelman says.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But what once seemed like a safe way to flaunt AI’s capabilities started to backfire as Americans have become increasingly skeptical of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

That can backfire, though: After Tesla’s initial Cybercab event was light on details, the stock dropped about 9%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Between the five of you not a single one thought that maybe this was too dangerous, that it would most likely backfire spectacularly.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

The car behind me at the drive-thru backfires, and I rush inside.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

But in the end, the episode backfired on them.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

The popularity of companion apps may show that policy has backfired.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Coach Sean McVay’s strategy of arriving the day before the game backfired and resulted in a dull performance by a team that features some of the biggest stars in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

How Whirlpool’s decision to abandon global markets backfired when the U.S. entered a housing slump—and why it’s now betting on chewable nugget ice to lead a turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

I only got engaged to save people’s lives, and that completely backfired.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

"These things are backfiring," he said, adding that "the regulatory environment is obviously not helping Europe or France."

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

The topic is the biggest flex—and source of stress—in Silicon Valley, where tech pros and amateurs are competing to see how much of their grunt work they can outsource to AI without things backfiring spectacularly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols