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Example sentences for: backfire

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In the long term, this pursuit of Clinton will backfire for several reasons.
Democrats pounced on the ads, calling them a clumsy rehash of old charges and predicting that they would backfire by antagonizing voters who are sick of the scandal.
' But Clinton advisers said that they expected Mr. Lott's comments to backfire" ( New York Times ).
This can backfire alarmingly, as in Nancy Kress' 1991 novel, Beggars in Spain . In it, genetic engineers adhering to an Ayn Rand-like philosophy called "Yagaism" create a race of people who don't need to sleep.
"The Nixon Analogy": Why the Flytrap-Watergate comparison will backfire.