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But similar reprisals against high-level officials close to the Kremlin could backfire and arouse even more elite discontent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But there’s no way this could possibly backfire, right?

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Law enforcement has good intentions but they sometimes backfire with unintended consequences. Often, the more laws you create to prevent people from having a reptile, the more they want them. But sometimes prohibition does work.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Estate planning can backfire for those who get overwhelmed.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 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

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

Is there a chance this really backfires, then?

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 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

The move backfired after all the other major parties decided not to field candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

But a police crackdown on crowds marching towards parliament on July 20 backfired, galvanising support for the movement and transforming anger over exam leaks into a broader expression of youth frustration.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The chain has experienced other problems as well, including remodels that backfired, agitation among activist investors and same-store sales that have wobbled over Masino’s three-year tenure.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

According to these views, if the hacking incident was a publicity stunt then it appears as though it backfired.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

He made a very big point of looking at Anatole when he said that, but he also seemed put out with Tata Ndu for the voting activity, which got backfired on him.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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 strategy started backfiring unexpectedly in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

At around that time, those price increases started backfiring.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025

“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