backlash
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Kit Harington has faced backlash since joining HBO’s “Harry Potter” series amid ongoing calls to boycott author J.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
They have drawn a backlash from some corporate issuers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ashrafi told the BBC that his remarks had been "totally taken out of context" and the backlash had been "an unfair campaign" against him.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"But the fact it took a huge public backlash to make him realise that being Norfolk's police and crime commissioner should come before his career as a touring personality tells its own story," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
As for you, she’d say to me, you’re just a backlash.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Several celebrities or influencers who have ventured into the crypto market have faced similar backlashes.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
Oligarchs haven’t always been willing to be visible because in history, there have been backlashes against wealth and wealth-power.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024
By starting the exercise while most students were away on winter break, university leaders minimized the raucous backlashes that have bedeviled previous attempts by campus officials to take control of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
Others, such as Boeing and the city of Seattle, have pushed ahead with mandatory back-to-office policies, but now face employee backlashes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022
I’ve been thinking about that a lot this week as I’ve been reporting on anti-feminist backlashes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
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