How to Use backlash in a Sentence

backlash

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  • So much for a post-strikes backlash against the streamers!
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2023
  • And Garth Brooks has something to say about the Bud Light backlash.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 June 2023
  • The backlash appeared to have caught Bud Light by surprise.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 31 May 2023
  • But by the 1980s, backlash to these goals was ascendant.
    — Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The backlash and cases like Cox’s raise a couple of key questions: Do pro-life laws change the culture?
    — Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
  • And nowhere has seen more backlash to date than little Bal Harbour.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The airline then walked back some of those changes after facing backlash.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2023
  • But there has been a backlash in recent years against the groups, which tend to oppose big changes and ambitious projects.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But the book also details Ford’s life after the confirmation: the death threats, the upheaval, the backlash.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Gosling is at the top of his industry and was willing to put himself out there and support his co-star and colleagues – even in the midst of the backlash.
    — Teresa Hopke, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The video received over 700 thousand likes as well as some backlash, but Fritz was quick to defend his girlfriend.
    — Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In 2020, Sia faced backlash for casting Ziegler, who is not autistic, as a nonverbal autistic teen in the film.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • And that backlash has been strong and angering and frustrating.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • But the company regards the backlash as a serious threat.
    — John D. McKinnon, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The prospect of a new charge that could raise some people's rates has prompted backlash from some state and federal lawmakers.
    — Adam Beam, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The bow backlash is brewing (though men who are anti-bow are clearly enemies of joy).
    — Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The backlash was swift and harsh and came from seemingly every direction.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Despite the backlash Owens’ comments are receiving, the couple doesn’t appear to be fazed.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Malema faced backlash for his call for violence against White South Africans.
    — Alexander Hall, Fox News, 31 July 2023
  • But the discovery of the 18 bodies triggered a backlash by some who accused migrants of starting fires.
    — Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The potential fallout from this donor backlash is not captured in the fiscal 2023 report.
    — Emma Whitford, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • How much fear is there that there’s going to be a backlash against Palestinians within Israel?
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Nicki Minaj faced quite a bit of backlash in 2021 for sharing her stance against the coronavirus vaccine.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Despite the backlash, Selena Gomez appears to be very happy with Benny Blanco—and not afraid to show it.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Amid backlash against the studio, WBD has since put the film on the market in an effort to shop it to other potential distributors.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
  • During the trial, Megan faced backlash from fans and fellow artists who questioned the validity of her version of the story.
    — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In 2018, video of a school official using scissors to cut a Black student athlete’s locs sparked a backlash online.
    — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • None of this is to say that the response to Barrymore has been overheated or that other hosts should now be subject to the same level of online backlash.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Many of the attacks were part of a backlash from whites in power, including lawmakers, and happened in the wake of Reconstruction and later the Jim Crow era.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The performance was met with swift backlash and exposed the deep divides that still persist in the country music industry.
    — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024

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