backlash
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The possibility of a populist backlash is especially relevant currently, given that the share of national income going to labor is now at an all-time low.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
It said that Rousseau’s retirement wasn’t linked to the backlash over his video.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
County judges, one of whom requested anonymity due to concerns of backlash for speaking publicly.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Following the backlash, Indian Overseas Bank, which operates the Odisha Grameen Bank where the incident took place, said reports that staff had asked for the physical presence of the deceased were "incorrect".
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The board would fear a backlash should it grant the same sum for a project “which an unsympathetic and inaccurate critic might describe as a single instrument for one man.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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