backlash
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The backlash is a crisis for AI companies, which are facing bans or pauses on new projects in dozens of states and localities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Eatherly claimed to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes on his podcast Get Off My Lawn that the road-rage incident created a backlash in the community that led to him being fired from his construction job.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The figures come after Prime Minister Andy Burnham made more prisoners exempt from the upcoming early release scheme following backlash from victims.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ukraine's lawmakers approved the country's new defence minister on Wednesday, a month after a reshuffle that triggered a public backlash after the dismissal of his popular predecessor Mykhailo Fedorov.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The backlash I’m receiving is making me hesitate, but I keep going.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
This dovetails with my interest in the ways that status and hierarchies limit political change and fuel backlashes.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
Egyptian women have faced public backlashes as well.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
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