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The phrase "a strong public backlash" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant negative reaction from the public towards a particular action, decision, or event.
Example: "The new policy faced a strong public backlash, leading the government to reconsider its implementation."
Alternatives: "a significant public outcry" or "a fierce public reaction".
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That killing set off a strong public backlash against the government.
Iranian governments have sought for years to rein in the expensive and unwieldy subsidy system but have feared a strong public backlash.
"It seems that the preparation was complete for imposition of emergency, but fearing a strong public backlash, the government was forced to backtrack," said Qamar Zaman Kaira, a member of Parliament from the opposition party of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan Peoples Party.
More problems and controversy for Logan Paul, the YouTube star who caused a strong public backlash when he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan.
Fortunately, a strong public backlash made him withdraw his bill.
So how can a supposedly reasonable, unbiased news source use the phrase "religious radical" when describing someone like Rick Santorum without receiving a strong public backlash?
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At least four women had acid thrown on them last week in Isfahan — a city located more than 300 miles south of Tehran — igniting strong public backlash.
This suggests that there is unlikely to be a substantial public backlash when plain packaging is introduced in Australia.
A strong public option.
The group, whose name stands for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamification of the West", has drawn huge public criticism in Germany and counter-demonstrations tens of thousands of people strong as part of a huge public backlash.
Several conservative lawmakers said that some Communist Party loyalists may have ended up voting for Yeltsin because of strong grass-roots pressure and the threat of a dangerous public backlash if another candidate were chosen.
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