How to Use blowback in a Sentence

blowback

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  • The extent of the blowback on the U.S. is anyone's guess.
    — Courtenay Brown, Axios, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Maui county has got to deal with the blowback on the recovery.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But the good thing has, in fact, put us in the situation that has caused this blowback.
    — Patrick J. Deneen, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • Hosts have to judge whether diners have complied, and to deal with any blowback.
    — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Chase was asked about whether there was blowback from his comments.
    — Irie Harris, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The blowback comes from some customers, a group of Democrats in Congress and civil rights groups.
    — Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Hall at that point could move on to other players without much blowback.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The bad The Supreme Court reform grenade is already causing blowback, though.
    — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 July 2024
  • Made in 2007, the film foreshadows the eventual blowback of the U.S. support of the mujahideen.
    — Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 26 June 2024
  • The vote was met with blowback from Democrats and gun-control advocates.
    — Timothy Bella, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • If those who sought and issued this warrant don’t have their ducks in a row, then the blowback will be intense.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Amid public blowback, the WTA went with a different bid this year.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But while the sanctions are aimed at Russia, Americans will feel some of the blowback.
    — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Few teams in this market have gone so far only to suffer such a bad case of blowback from the locals.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 1 June 2023
  • Public blowback may trigger greater volatility and lower growth for the first half of the year.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The latest sanctions, as Biden has stated, could run into blowback on the U.S. this time as well.
    — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • So much so there’s been a lot of blowback for his recent public statement.
    — ABC News, 12 May 2024
  • In the wake of its full-scale attack of Ukraine, Russia has faced swift economic blowback.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Some of their comments on the Thrones front include their reaction to the blowback from the show’s 2019 final season.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But the blowback has been fierce after the viral video found its way to J.K. Rowling fans and transphobes over the past few weeks, Flom said.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Still, trans students have dealt with their share of blowback during their time at Wellesley.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Culinary angst over the bans among those who find flame cooking superior has sparked a blowback of bans on the bans.
    — Dwight A. Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Because of potential blowback from colleagues, and because the cat is made by a team, Don did not want to share his full name.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Amid public blowback over kids' overuse of social media apps, some have made changes.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Stefanik also received blowback in the local press back home in New York.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2021
  • There has been some blowback to the recent evolution charted by comics.
    — New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Publishing such books meant blowback, but that was a price Nordstrom was happy to pay.
    — Nell McShane Wulfhart, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Today, despite the blowback, Sharpe stands by his research.
    — Natalie Shure, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • On LinkedIn, some people who have embraced AI have received blowback as well.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Axios: Biden faces growing blowback from House and Senate Democrats after pardoning his son.
    — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024

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