Sentence examples for is backfiring from inspiring English sources

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is backfiring

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A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.

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But the strategy is backfiring.

But my whole life is backfiring".

But experts believe the policy is backfiring.

You're at a point now where this is backfiring".

But now the effort at tight control is backfiring.

The arms embargo is backfiring, one of the officials said.

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"But now it's backfiring.

And it's backfiring on them".

But the move may be backfiring.

Not just the content, but also the tone, are backfiring.

Mr. Starks's mode of attack, however, may be backfiring.

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