backlash
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A backlash is growing worldwide against their environmental impact, and there are also concerns over noise, pollution, their appearance and how many jobs the facilities actually create.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
If you take something away from people, they are going to feel it more acutely than promising them something, and the theft produces a backlash.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
Activists, many of them associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, mounted a backlash to psychiatry as an instrument of social control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
These developments come amid a public backlash against data centres and questions about how much value AI can add to worker productivity.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
She’d expected some backlash; it happened every time she shared her strength.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Several celebrities or influencers who have ventured into the crypto market have faced similar backlashes.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Oligarchs haven’t always been willing to be visible because in history, there have been backlashes against wealth and wealth-power.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024
By starting the exercise while most students were away on winter break, university leaders minimized the raucous backlashes that have bedeviled previous attempts by campus officials to take control of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Some South Korean celebrities like singers Harisu and Ha:tfelt have been speaking out on touchy subjects such as the anti-discrimination law and feminism, despite backlashes.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week as I’ve been reporting on anti-feminist backlashes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
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