backlash
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His exit prompted a domino-effect of other resignations and backlash that ultimately led to Altman’s reinstatement five days later, a period employees now call “the blip.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
"Now you have got to handle a little bit of the backlash of what has happened since."
From BBC • May 29, 2026
It’s part of a larger, ongoing backlash against the #MeToo movement.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
And opposition to massive complexes is growing, part of an overall backlash against AI in the U.S. and elsewhere.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
The backlash against the gains of African Americans in the Reconstruction Era was swift and severe.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing backlash
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