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Still, this week’s results suggest that those heavy-handed tactics can eventually backfire.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Getting out of credit-card debt faster is a worthy goal, but draining your emergency savings to do so can backfire.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

"I would argue that this could actually backfire," Kugelman says.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

But what once seemed like a safe way to flaunt AI’s capabilities started to backfire as Americans have become increasingly skeptical of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

There was the loud bang of a backfire and the horseless chugged forward.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

His determination may be admirable, but the sheer, futile arrogance of such a display backfires in equally spectacular fashion.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

"Discord could lose users if its implementation of age verification backfires, but it could equally attract more new users who will be drawn to its new standards for online safety by design," he said.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

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

Maresca shook up his starting line-up by making nine changes to the side that were beaten at Aston Villa on Saturday and it almost backfired.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

And that time, the result was unequivocal: the Rams’ approach of showing up 24 hours before the game backfired spectacularly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

In light of this context, the ad has backfired, to put it mildly.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

They gave him just a few days off, and that backfired.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Then why didn’t humans abandon farming when the plan backfired?

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

"The policy risks backfiring because it would result in stockpiling of diesel, and as that storage runs out, refineries would need to cut back on production," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

"These things are backfiring," he said, adding that "the regulatory environment is obviously not helping Europe or France."

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

But I also feel like there’s a huge risk of that backfiring.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

“No, we got wind of a nasty backfiring jinx down in Elephant and Castle, but luckily the Magical Law Enforcement Squad had sorted it out by the time we got there...”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling