backlash

Example Sentences

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Some people viewed that as admirable that he left, but there was some backlash from others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But the backlash was not due to the collision itself.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Wade, and the absolutely enormous antifeminist backlash within which we are all living.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Judging from the near-universal backlash to Timothée Chalamet’s recent bad-mouthing of ballet, Eden’s summation of the central tenet of their show may be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“I was terrified of a backlash, of people asking me, ‘Are you even human?’

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden