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Example sentences for: backfire

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The Post also said that Yeltsin's attempts to "subvert or cancel" elections could backfire, and added, "Even more ominous is the possibility that political infighting in Moscow could shift the real power to regional governors, many of whom are even less democratic and more self-serving than Yeltsin himself.
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.
This elitism could backfire against the movement, just as affirmative action's elitism undermined it.
He decries quick fixes such as assassination because they either backfire by perpetuating the cycle of violence or aren't comprehensive enough.
In the long term, this pursuit of Clinton will backfire for several reasons.