backfire

Formula 1 is an expensive pursuit and far wealthier nations have already seen their ambitions backfire.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández wondered whether the Braves’ game plan might soon backfire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Did Ferguson ever fear that throwing his young players in at the deep end could backfire?

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Though an export ban could provide some temporary easing of fuel prices, analysts say a ban could backfire longer term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

It’s an attempt to set a backfire to his own empathy—whatever it takes to prevent his conscience from burning him alive.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

Is there a chance this really backfires, then?

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

The programme describes it as a hero's plot for peace that backfires with drastic consequences.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

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

It was a gamble that backfired and, after two bruising defeats, he may benefit from some time away.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

But in the end, the episode backfired on them.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

But history also provides examples of companies for whom courting less-creditworthy customers backfired spectacularly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The last time they tried, it backfired spectacularly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

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

Still, one of O’Leary’s targets in Utah said the Chinese allegations are already backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

Nestlé tweaked its portfolio, but investors say some acquisitions were a distraction, backfiring as the company expanded into non-core areas.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

In fact, it is backfiring, dusting the world in optimistic, spring-flower pink schadenfreude.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols