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The phrase "generated backlash" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a negative reaction or criticism that arises as a result of a specific action or statement.
Example: "The company's decision to raise prices generated backlash from loyal customers who felt betrayed."
Alternatives: "provoked criticism" or "sparked opposition."
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While this stance ultimately doomed Napster (which was reborn as a legal pay-for-play music service similar to Apple's iTunes), it generated backlash against the band.
Yet the ban generated backlash among officers in the field, many of whom relied on the drives to download combat imagery or share after-action reports.
German bitterness over the treaty's terms generated backlash, which the Nazis exploited politically in their rise to power, and a far deadlier world war, two decades later.
And indeed, national security risks helped explain whether a proposed deal generated backlash — deals in industries where there are high national security risks were 6percentt more likely to generate political opposition.
In 2016, an all-white slate of acting nominees generated backlash and the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag.
The commercial, predictably, generated backlash from anti-gay groups like the One Million Moms and the American Decency Association.
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One side's identity-group mobilization is all too likely to generate backlash from the other, a dynamic that all too often results in conflicts in which both groups end up worse off than they would be otherwise.
Mr. Bush's nomination of John Ashcroft for attorney general generated a Democratic backlash.
Indeed, some previous intervention has generated considerable backlash.
And like most instant pop icons, it has generated a backlash.
Bharara's outspokenness generated a backlash, notably from some judges in the Southern District.
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