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Still, this week’s results suggest that those heavy-handed tactics can eventually backfire.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Getting out of credit-card debt faster is a worthy goal, but draining your emergency savings to do so can backfire.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Did Ferguson ever fear that throwing his young players in at the deep end could backfire?

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some analysts say curbing diesel shipments abroad could backfire.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

There was the loud bang of a backfire and the horseless chugged forward.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

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

The plan then backfired in embarrassing fashion when the judge determined that the evidence the government mustered was insufficient to establish probable cause to support the charges.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Maresca shook up his starting line-up by making nine changes to the side that were beaten at Aston Villa on Saturday and it almost backfired.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But in the end, the episode backfired on them.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

Wilson, 71 years old, has never been one to hold his tongue and sometimes his outspokenness has backfired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

I followed her sheepishly, my plan to go it alone and hide my white mother now completely awash, backfired in the worst way.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

"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

In fact, it is backfiring, dusting the world in optimistic, spring-flower pink schadenfreude.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

In Silicon Valley, tech pros and amateurs are competing to see how many tasks they can outsource to AI without things backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

“I mean, because of what happened in the rebellion. With the jabberjays backfiring on the Capitol and all.”

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins