backfire

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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That might backfire, or it might not, and the repercussions of the former could represent a significant hurdle in their quest for a third consecutive World Series championship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

In many Mende stories the spider is the character that tricks other animals to get what he wants, but his tricks always backfire on him.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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

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

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

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 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 only way it backfired on her was that I constantly challenged and questioned her.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

"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

But in Brazil’s conservative heartland, that strategy is backfiring.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 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

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

“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