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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

"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

Now the others began to act out, and the sense of justice and desire for equal rights that Mommy and my father had imparted to us began to backfire.

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

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

The maps backfired in several states, and Democrats managed to win several of those redrawn districts in Texas, Florida, and North Carolina.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

The effect appears to have backfired, helping fuel enthusiastic Talarico supporters who, in the days leading up to the election, said they were put off by Musk’s involvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But in the end, the episode backfired on them.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The car backfired several times without ignition because it was overheated.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

"The policy risks backfiring because it would result in stockpiling of diesel, and as that storage runs out, refineries would need to cut back on production," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Ed Negra, a retired homeowner in Hazle Township who is helping organize opposition to the data center, said the $10,000 offer might end up backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"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

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

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins