Example Sentences

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The asset manager’s concentration in artificial intelligence and software, once its strength, appears to have backfired.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

So far, this calculus seems to have backfired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But these types of agreements have backfired when the demand for such purchases dries up, something that telecommunications giants such as Cisco Systems Inc.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 8, 2025

In fact, it may have backfired on the former president instead, legal experts suggested.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024

Mortal men are liable to motor accidents; even kings' cars have backfired; but it seems strange that actor-managers are not specially exempt from these occurrences.

From The Holiday Round by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)