Sentence examples for could backfire increasing from inspiring English sources
He added that the plan could backfire, increasing rather than easing racial tensions.
But some argue that the continued protests could backfire by increasing popular support for Mr. Shafik's vows to restore stability.
In December 2001, Lt. Col. Daniel J. Baumgartner of the Air Force, who oversaw SERE training, cautioned in one memo that physical pressure was "less reliable" than other interrogation methods, could backfire by increasing a prisoner's resistance and would have an "intolerable public and political backlash when discovered".
Diplomats and local activists also warn that a heavy-handed military crackdown could backfire by increasing local sympathy for the group.
The regulators apparently reasoned that there was at least a small chance that the procedures under study could backfire and increase the rate of infections, and a possibility that doctors and nurses might suffer adverse consequences if their performance or comments angered colleagues or employers.
The move could backfire, analysts warned, if a sharp increase in oil prices sinks the shaky world economy.
We also acknowledge that a tax increase on the rich, though feasible, could backfire in these tense times.
Anything more could backfire.
That strategy could backfire.
