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This time, however, the cycle has backfired, McHenry adds.
" Klobuchar added, however, that she thinks the effort "backfired.
Go deeper: Jerome Powell's attempts to please everyone have backfired
The Bank of Japan's negative rates have backfired, Block said.
This is something that's backfired for her in various ways.
Her gamble backfired badly, costing the government its slim majority.
And in the end, it appears to have backfired spectacularly.
In some cases, this appears to have backfired on Clinton.
The Alstom purchase has backfired dramatically for the American group.
That backfired, probably encouraging more voters to rally around her.
So trying to teach them a lesson, as always, backfired.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Evergrande's M&A boldness has backfired.
The move backfired, and Mr. Metzenbaum soundly carried the election.
A new research paper suggests that decision may have backfired.
But the move to be nimble with the brand backfired.
In other cases, though, bullish investment strategies have quickly backfired.
Europe's GDPR privacy regulations backfired, reinforcing Google and Facebook's dominance.
Gap's attempt to incorporate science into fashion has backfired miserably.
"The tactics that were used completely backfired," said Mr. McConnell.
But in recent years, Qatar's balancing act has backfired badly.
The plan backfired; the Games went ahead without North Korea.
The study concludes that Clinton's strategy may have backfired badly.
The gesture backfired, underlining the sappiness of the play's conclusion.
This work has not only failed, it's also backfired spectacularly.
Six months later, her gamble appears to have badly backfired.
But this backfired as well, boosting turnout for opposition candidates.
If the plan was to silence Ms. Nguyen, it backfired.
Boeing's attempt to marginalize a worthy competitor might have backfired.
But when the storm perpetuates, then the strategy has backfired.
Meanwhile, the luring of conventional investors appears to have backfired.
If that was their intention, their effort has clearly backfired.
And he tried to pull off a stunt but it backfired.
Some said the move may have backfired by hurting investor sentiment.
This approach recently backfired on me with macOS and iOS 12.
An attempt to help Charles with screenshots seems to have backfired.
Krystal Ball describes how the mainstream media smears against Bernie backfired.
But whatever the reason for Mr Verhofstadt's gambit, it backfired spectacularly.
The LME's previous attempts to square this circle have badly backfired.
Nordstrom pulled back on promotions to boost profits, and it backfired.
The Congressional Budget Office said it probably would have backfired anyway.
That trade, dubbed a widow-maker, has so far backfired spectacularly.
Negative yields may have already backfired on the Bank of Japan.
British Prime Minister Theresa May's bid to consolidate power has backfired.
That plan backfired, when the name Boaty McBoatface received overwhelming support.
Putting out two tapes in a year could have backfired though.
"From what I observed, [the poaching-related discounts] backfired," Hodari said.
Her embrace with Trump has backfired in Europe and at home.
Krauthammer added that actions Trump made in frustration may have backfired.
The intent to smear Ocasio-Cortez with the video immediately backfired.
That plan backfired last year, when teen vaping reached epidemic proportions.
Those strategies backfired and ultimately ended up benefiting the oil industry.
But the effort backfired, and Mr. Lee won a resounding victory.
Efforts to regulate that cottage industry have backfired in some cases.
It backfired again, and brought Tesla to the brink of bankruptcy.
But the move backfired when IT glitches sent TSB's costs spiralling.
But those steps backfired on the retailer in the latest quarter.
Here's what you need to know: • A Putin bet that backfired.
Mr. Trump's anti-immigration rhetoric has also arguably backfired in Europe.
It backfired after Democrats began to slip away in recent days.
But his tweets have backfired on Mr. Musk in the past.
Either way, it's clear that Johnson's power grab backfired, and badly.
But the strategy dramatically backfired when #DeleteUber began trending on Twitter.
In the end, these back-and-forth battles backfired on all involved.
Kim Kardashian West is pacifying mommy shamers — but it might have backfired.
"You know, it's only backfired when I've given unsolicited advice," she laughs.
They were trying to help her by... CAVUTO: But it backfired, right?
In the end, Thibodeau's attraction to Butler backfired in the worst way.
Everything she usually did, every attempt to help and protect, had backfired.
However, the idea backfired and the company faced difficulties getting retail space.
The move immediately backfired for Hinch until Will Harris saved the day.
That means that US efforts to pressure Ecuador seem to have backfired.
This effort backfired as Congress inadvertently ceded more latitude to the president.
It's not the first time Trump's love for inspirational quotes has backfired.
Like her, I became fixated on being protected — except ultimately this backfired.
That move backfired and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reinstated in December.
Forced assimilation backfired at every level, from the personal to the political.
But she's a good debater: Now that polls have evened, that backfired.
But the effort has partly backfired into a controversy of its own.
But once a security researcher actually registered the domain, this strategy backfired.
But the move backfired with at least one segment of the public.
Their engine backfired, sputtering and producing a loud bang in the tailpipe.
Instead, Collins let Robles pitch to Ozuna, and the move nearly backfired.
But Nawrocki counters that this could have backfired in a catastrophic way.
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In short, the Trump administration's aggressive approach has backfired in spectacular fashion.
This approach has occasionally backfired when it comes to administrative rule-making.
Quashing and ejecting barbarians not only failed but backfired with devastating consequences.
The decision backfired, and innings later, the Kansas City Royals were champions.
And May's attempt to soften the blow with her European partners backfired.
Now that he was a head of government, his theatrical tactics backfired.
The move backfired, and Moser finished second in a seven-person race.
Instead, it's showing how Ilana's self-centered approach to the subject backfired.
Of course, Trump's photo plea backfired once the public heard about it.
Tom Brady tried to trademark a nickname he hated but it backfired.
In that sense, Mr. Obama's approach not only failed, it backfired terribly.
The tipster had acted in good faith, but his tip had backfired.
But Mr. Macron's assured and sometimes even condescending tone has also backfired.
If it was meant to be an embarrassing leak, it backfired badly.
As much as Mr. Trump savors these trips, some moments have backfired.
"Can't underline how much that backfired on them here," Mr. Godinich said.
Now workers are fleeing over a policy they say has backfired spectacularly.  
And with India, Mr. Trump's pressure campaign may have backfired, he said.
They think the GOP's efforts to repeal ObamaCare backfired politically on Republicans.
Kroger controlled Lucky's board and oversaw an aggressive growth plan that backfired.
Holder vacating a central provision of the Voting Rights Act has backfired.
Unsurprisingly, UK newspapers have relished the drama as Johnson's political strategy backfired.
But his move has likely backfired -- he now has only 55 seats.
His strategy backfired when Mr. Conte managed to form the new coalition.
Attempts by Trump surrogates to turn the scandal against Biden also backfired.
Second, the plague led to a crackdown on Christians that backfired mightily.
But the coalition's attempt at stimulus last year backfired when markets took fright.
" It backfired pretty much immediately, with a ton of people saying, "Uh, yeah.
There were also times when my attempts at being the tough guy backfired.
And so in a way it was like a hoax that backfired horribly.
"It backfired badly," said Sarah Binder, a congressional scholar at the Brookings Institution.
The fractious behaviour with the CDU could have backfired on the CSU, however.
It was meant as an April Fool's Day joke, but the gag backfired.
From minute to catastrophic, here are a few celebrity ads that have backfired.
It's also not the first time a live demo has backfired for Microsoft.
Hudson's team doesn't know for sure why unattained challenges backfired in this way.
The aggressiveness backfired on Kaine, showing there is risk in such a strategy.
I don't necessarily feel like it backfired because it could've led to something.
Chris Christie was meant to confer establishment approval on his campaign, it backfired.
"It backfired," said one New York analyst, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
O'Neill says that she couldn't believe how her decision to leave Instagram backfired.
That it backfired somewhat on the first night was all right with Nelson.
That line of attack was deemed suspect by many and might have backfired.
But the letter seems to have backfired, or at least been brushed off.
But this effort to secure civilian control over the military backfired, analysts say.
Washington (CNN)Paul Manafort's complaints about his life in jail backfired spectacularly Wednesday.
Her misguided attempt to get out in front of the story backfired spectacularly.
But, according to docs, obtained by TMZ, the get-rich-quick scheme backfired.
In some ways, this shows how Turner's short six-month sentence has backfired.
The decision nearly backfired despite Milwaukee leading 97-153 with 2:10 remaining.
Robot babies used in sex ed to discourage pregnancy seem to have backfired.
These decisions would have been questioned and scorned unto infinity had they backfired.
The move backfired, however, as Shalom Luani, a rookie safety, recovered the ball.
"It totally backfired," said Mr. Spence — who had no part in the project.
That obviously backfired when I realized I could sign my own report cards.
The Gupta-Bell Pottinger campaign backfired on just about everyone, especially the Guptas.
This was designed to take Joe Biden off the field, but it backfired.
The question backfired, but it ultimately helped Baker redeem his place in history.
This strategy of electing anti-trade politicians backfired during the 2016 presidential election.
But success has been limited and, in some respects, the initiative has backfired.
"The radical left's partisan crusade has completely failed and completely backfired," he said.
After her gamble in calling an early general election backfired last month, Mrs.
But it has backfired spectacularly on House Republicans twice in the last year.
This is where the "witch hunt" attacks on Mr. Mueller may have backfired.
But in Biden's case, they've backfired in a way Trump couldn't have imagined.
But attempting to turn the tables and double-cross the prosecution backfired entirely.
And unfortunately it has backfired on us — and this is where we are today.
So, Spotify may well have known this policy could've backfired the way it did.
But his ambition backfired, putting Sater in the middle of the Trump-Russia scandal.
In Everalbum's case, the growth hack has backfired in terms of social media buzz.
And unfortunately it has backfired on us — and this is where we are today.
But his efforts backfired as three leading anti-abortion groups swiftly criticized Trump's comments.
"They thought they could contain Iran, and it's backfired," says a Kurdish intelligence officer.
If Poland's new law was designed to deflect attention from Polish wrongdoing, it backfired.
The fact that her snap election in June backfired is only the starting problem.
Though she's out on $50,000 bail, it seems pretty clear that her plan backfired.
It backfired immediately when he pointed out that we were eating a pepperoni pizza.
Insisted on mounting a grimly negative campaign against her opponent that most probably backfired.
The Texas GOP's attack on Beto O'Rourke backfired because, well, he's kind of hot.
Essentially that's backfired massively, because she has a weaker mandate than she ever had.
But if Mr Tsipras's speech and video were intended to boost morale, they backfired.
The joke backfired because over 9,000 fans complained until I got a new truck.
The Bruins looked for retribution on Carrier two minutes later, but the move backfired.
It backfired, though, because Nordstrom's sales went up in the weeks following the debacle.
The politicians' complaints seem to have backfired, provoking indignation on the ECB's governing council.
An attempt to administer tough medicine — by letting Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy — backfired.
But this strategy backfired when voters returned a slim majority for pro-independence parties.
When opponents have tried to bully the bully in the schoolyard, it has backfired.
If the BJP loses even a little ground, some will say its efforts backfired.
But the move backfired, as there were homes and businesses in the water's path.
But that effort backfired when justices on the Supreme Federal Tribunal blocked the nomination.
The effort to drive Clinton from office actually backfired on Republicans at the time.
As most big rules and regulations have backfired in the past, this would backfire.
All of her races, all of the things she's done in politics, have backfired.
If anything, negative rates there have backfired by hurting savers, insurance companies and banks.
It also backfired, to the point that this anxious young artist stopped making art.
Almost every new Iron Man suit he's created has backfired on him, often literally.
And as interesting as the idea might be, this time it may have backfired.
When Biden's rivals on stage did go on the attack, their attempts largely backfired.
Mr. Nixon targeted the special prosecutor in such a rapid spectacle that it backfired.
But the effort backfired, as several Republicans joined with Democrats to approve the amendment.
The "Nancy had a little Lamb" ad didn't help and actually may have backfired.
But if they hoped to intimidate the demonstrators, the tactic has backfired, inflaming passions.
However, a bellwether vote in southern Hungary backfired for Orban's Fidesz supporters on Sunday.
Mr. Tillemann's handing over of the tape to the press seems to have backfired.
Excess production from the United States backfired in 2014 when the market became oversaturated.
However, as with so many things that Facebook does, it appears to have backfired.
His biggest move — ending coupons and clearance sales — backfired, alienating Penney's shoppers en masse.
After he spent months trying to derail the negotiations, his efforts, in effect, backfired.
Draymond's shit talk backfired to the point that it blew his tailpipe inside out.
Rubio's plan backfired: He got all of the downside and none of the upside.
But the move may have backfired; Moser used the attack to rally her progressive base.
However, when Johnson tried to reposition JC Penney based on the same principles, it backfired.
But the move backfired as the secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan assembly.
And his attempts to start personal fights with Clinton backfired as often as they succeeded.
Increased sanctions on Maduro's regime and the nation's oil sector have mainly backfired as feared.
This quickly backfired, prompting Hogg to lead a rather successful campaign targeting Ingraham's leading advertisers.
But what Mr Jammeh intended as a pre-emptive strike against the opposition backfired spectacularly.
Instead of garnering support from the crowd, though, the plan to embarrass the photographer backfired.
It's time to acknowledge past mistakes and examine why a focus on calorie balance backfired.
But the move backfired and the secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan assembly.
A host of paternalistic programmes meant to solve the "Indian problem" mainly backfired, he shows.
"Whatever Facebook's intent was, from my perspective, it has backfired on them completely," he says.
"A telecom lobbyist agreed with that assessment, saying the privacy rules repeal had "totally backfired.
On Tuesday, an attempt to boost that stock backfired, dropping its share price 50 percent.
When the light turned green, they throttled up, and that's when a couple bikes backfired.
Maybe attacking him would have been ineffective, or even backfired on candidates who tried it.
It seems our doll Kylie Jenner's unwavering love affair with ruffles and fringe has backfired.
It backfired: with nearly all of the votes counted, the "No" vote stood at 51.3%.
David Cameron, Britain's prime minister, would surely have to resign if his referendum gamble backfired.
The party's efforts to censor news and information have sometimes backfired or left outsiders perplexed.
But if that was what Comey was trying to do, it just backfired big time.
This decision has backfired, many believe, damaging consumer confidence, bank profitability and money-market turnover.
But the glowing coverage of Salazar backfired when her personal biography was called into question.
But they may have underestimated Moser's appeal, and their attacks certainly appear to have backfired.
That backfired as John Jaso hit a run-scoring single on a 3-2 pitch.
But, in retrospect, it looks like these decisions backfired: Gillespie was annihilated in Virginia's suburbs.
"Doing both backfired on them — and forced them to pause on raising rates," he said.
Its support for the Dogon and Bambara militias has backfired spectacularly and fuelled the conflict.
That backfired, as he found out primary and general election debates are completely different animals.
Regardless of his intentions, Bergman's attempt to win sympathy with a preemptive media strike backfired.
And in the recent past, big, well-intentioned bets on non-traditional providers, have backfired.
But the move backfired on Riyadh after Washington imposed softer than expected sanctions on Tehran.
I recognize the privilege I had getting this chance, even as it's backfired on me.
Even worse, at one school the program backfired and made students likelier to drop out.
That could've easily backfired, and it's unclear if he came out ahead in either exchange.
Instead, Mr. Trump's cozy attitude toward Mr. Putin backfired at home and the confrontation deepened.
Dozens of fires sent up black smoke as men revved their utes until they backfired.
This backfired, as five more turkeys came running over to join their obstructive feathered friends.
But the move backfired: He was defeated by Mr. Pérez by just over 3,000 votes.
But the move backfired: He was defeated by Mr. Pérez by just over 3,000 votes.
But in one patient, the therapy seems to have backfired in a previously unknown way.
Mr. Trump's decision to abandon what he called a "terrible" deal has backfired for now.
But I concede that I also saw how my anti-phone stance could have backfired.
He relies heavily on data, but several strategies have backfired, despite the research behind them.
But given the context of that particular Simpsons episode, many felt it backfired pretty spectacularly.
However, Price's tack on Nash's goal backfired when he failed to poke the puck away.
But Elizabeth Warren already played that card and it backfired based simply on beer choice.
The move backfired on a 210-2 pitch, which Judge muscled to the opposite field.
That tactic apparently backfired; Mr. Khan won the election and became London's first Muslim mayor.
The plan backfired, uniting rebel MPs who had until this point sat on their hands.
"It would be an admission that he's wrong, and that his policy backfired," he said.
And he doesn't buy the argument that saying something publicly would have backfired for Apple.
While some of Baker's decisions backfired in the playoffs, the Nationals sputtered as a whole.
She proved a poor campaigner and the decision backfired spectacularly, resulting in a hung Parliament.
However Germany rejected Turkish protests and the attempts to suppress the musical number backfired spectacularly.
After a few years, their managers gave them instruments as props, but the joke backfired.
Analysts and investors said the mechanism, put in place to avoid market volatility, may have backfired.
United tried to get in on the fun, too, but mostly this backfired just about immediately.
But Mr. Bush's efforts to deliver similar attacks personally backfired months ago, fueling Mr. Rubio's rise.
He's been gallivanting around for three seasons with Angela and now he's like, oh it backfired.
His handling of Trump backfired dramatically, and there was ample second-guessing about his campaign strategy.
So it might be more accurate to say that Trump's gambits have not catastrophically backfired—yet.
From Russia, loathly An obvious reason for Russia��s slump is a protectionist policy that backfired.
But the German bank's aggressive and ambitious strategy to become a global power house ultimately backfired.
But the law backfired as opponents used it as a cause to squelch the guns' development.
Unfortunately for the Arizona politician, the request actually backfired as people went on an unfollowing spree.
Nonetheless, analysts say the North's frantic missile development may have backfired on them to some extent.
May's arrogant assumption that Corbyn's unpopularity with the public translated to her own popularity had backfired.
He says he did make a big purchase after his first big payday, but it backfired.
We're told the car even backfired while he was cruising ... yeah, you know it's an oldie!
That swiftly backfired, resulted in a Trump retreat, and allowed Democrats to claim a minor victory.
After the switch backfired somewhat, Sullivan reversed course and was not afraid to second-guess himself.
There's a good chance the Flyers were trying to tank all season and it completely backfired.
His plan backfired; none of the news outlets are speculating did-she-or-didn't-she today.
Clinton allies maintain that the issue around releasing the transcripts backfired on Sanders in New York.
The effort, though, has quickly backfired on Amazon and focused criticism on some of those problems.
Republicans' impeachment effort against Clinton backfired and his popularity actually grew as the process wore on.
On Monday, researchers at the University of Washington announced that Seattle's efforts may indeed have backfired.
In fact, Tartaro joins a long lineage of people whose vanity plates backfired in spectacular fashion.
That decision backfired spectacularly, costing the company billions in fines and recalls and damaging its reputation.
But the move backfired as victims' groups organized protests, and the United Nations condemned the release.
It backfired often — notably in Central America, Cuba, Vietnam and Iran — but was never fully abandoned.
If Musk was motivated to make the privatization announcement to squeeze out short-sellers, it's backfired.
The referendum, which had Kurds celebrating in the streets three weeks ago, has now clearly backfired.
Until now, Trump's attempts to stop the flow of migrants arriving through Mexico has largely backfired.
The Saturday Night Massacre backfired because everyone could see it was a massacre in real time.
After her gamble in calling a general election backfired, leaving her without a parliamentary majority, Mrs.
He was pulled after giving up a double and a walk, a decision that almost backfired.
His overtures of more openness toward India, Pakistan's longtime foe, backfired as generals spurned his efforts.
Breakingviews A "too big to fail" trade has backfired on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
If so, it would not be the only sign that releasing the memo might have backfired.
Its plan to cut costs by ditching its old food supplier for a cheaper one backfired.
The whole MBS ploy backfired, as both Hariri and Hezbollah emerged stronger after the bizarre episode.
But Tesla has also taken risks that have backfired, or have yet to produce clear benefits.
Just subjecting gang members to harsh prisons and branding them terrorists has backfired, the group said.
The good news is that, so far as we can tell, this attack really has backfired.
"I think that decision backfired for Trump and what the administration was trying to accomplish," Lodes says.
It was in no way intended to cause offence, and clearly my attempt at humor has backfired.
The ruling Communist Party's efforts to censor news and information have sometimes backfired or left outsiders perplexed.
Although his appeal quickly backfired and turned into a meme, the question Trump posed is actually complicated.
"It's clear this backfired, and now they're trying to kill the story," said one Senate Democratic aide.
His sarcastic tweet backfired, as Twitter said he broke their guidelines by "promoting hate," according to Refinery29.
The statement backfired, leading more of the company's employees to sign the petition to cancel the contract.
But the letter from the union chief, an ally of one of Mr Carter's rivals, backfired badly.
Prime Minister Theresa May tenuously held on to power on Thursday after her final Brexit gambit backfired.
Plaintiffs' lawyers had claimed the company was seeking an improper "do-over" after its trial strategy backfired.
His early support of Mr Trump, which he had thought would help him, seems to have backfired.
But the pre-emptive effort backfired when, on Wednesday, a federal judge in Austin tossed the suit.
That is, the best of government intentions have actually backfired by reducing incentives to work and earn.
And, like many of Trump's tweets, it produced a chain reaction of events that backfired on Trump.
Unfortunately for Risner, the plan backfired quickly once she realized that the thing would not come off.
Airbnb's similar efforts, included a tone-deaf ad campaign in San Francisco last fall, have often backfired.
Melvin's move backfired as Ohtani walked, forcing home a run and tying the game at 9-9.
Thus far, the strategy of pressuring countries to lower trade barriers by imposing U.S. restrictions has backfired.
The Food and Drug Administration's hands-off approach to vaping and e-cigarette regulation has backfired badly.
As for reducing the carbon footprint of the energy system, some argue that even that has backfired.
President Donald Trump's tendency to cozy up to authoritarians has backfired in a major way in Syria.
The president's obstinate practice of going with his gut over the counsel of advisers has backfired spectacularly.
Low energy prices continues to squeeze the economy, and recent plans to raise the retirement age backfired.
But manager Brad Ausmus' decision to go with the lefty Peters against the big-swinging Gallo backfired.
The decision backfired for Iovu when she tested positive at the 1333 world championships in Wroclaw, Poland.
The move backfired on the famously stoic Democratic presidential candidate after she had to leave Sunday's September.
The Indians then tried to get fancy on a ground ball from Addison Russell and it backfired.
The move backfired, according to Senate GOP sources, who say it only antagonized the fiery Alaska senator.
Abe's hawkish posture seems to have backfired, however, with both Seoul and Washington pursuing engagement with Pyongyang.
When I was in beauty school, I tried a prepackaged three-step acne routine and it backfired.
"If [Trump] thought putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada would give him leverage, it backfired," Leblond said.
A move by the Hong Kong election authorities to bar five candidates from running may have backfired.
Decision of J&K leadership to reject 2 nation theory in 1947 & align with India has backfired.
Those efforts had mostly backfired, in part because Mr. Trump continued to criticize his handpicked Fed chairman.
But asking the court for too much too soon has backfired before, and it could well again.
That backfired when the protests spread to 80 cities and anger quickly turned against the Islamic establishment.
That backfired when the names of the White House aides ended up in The New York Times.
The victory was a remarkable comeback for Ms. Tsai and suggested that Beijing's pressure campaign had backfired.
"In some ways, their strategy has backfired on them," said Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst at Edmunds.com.
But several Republicans suggested that Johnson's efforts to designate election systems as critical infrastructure may have backfired.
The widely-ridiculed plan backfired: It captured more attention than if Ghosn had appeared without a disguise.
The end of McCarthy's jihad came when his accusations of communist infiltration of the U.S. Army backfired.
Much of that response was engineered in concert with Mr. Parker, and part of it backfired badly.
What nature had given the Duncan to perpetuate itself — as many as 1003 seeds apiece — had backfired.
But Mr. Trump's deeply negative attacks on Mr. Cruz, raising questions about his citizenship, appear to have backfired.
It was a shocking and distasteful moment that immediately backfired on the 50-year-old former news anchor.
The tactic always strikes a fraught balance, and Ant City would not be the last time it backfired.
It backfired so disastrously that, in early June, the FDA asked Endo to pull it from the market.
A judge granted the request, but Hilton's plan backfired when the court appointed von Anhalt as temporary conservator.
That pledge hasn't backfired as some expected, but it's resulted in fundraising numbers that are good — not great.
A plan to write "Race Together" on cups to spur a conversation about race relations, for example, backfired.
But the stunt backfired when France brokered his release, and on December 5th he formally rescinded his resignation.
And no, he said that he got the really bad diarrhea and started throwing up and it backfired.
The Christmas visit had backfired and now everyone was standing outside of the duplex crying, my dad included.
In an article published in the Mirror, the event was described as a "bizarre mix-up" that "backfired".
The Mariners used a reliever as an "opener" for the first time this season, and the move backfired.
Republicans acknowledged that the effort to gut OCE on the first day of the new Congress backfired badly.
But the referendum backfired as turnout was only 21 percent, below the minimum 30 percent required for validity.
They also remember Republican efforts to impeach former Democratic President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, which backfired politically.
But this has backfired by giving Iran's hard-liners another reason to strengthen their military ties with Russia.
The move backfired as Chase Headley followed with an RBI single to put New York up 3-1.
A White House gimmick to drum up support for the Republican Obamacare replacement plan may have backfired, bigly.
"How Paul Manafort's Plans Backfired" was produced by Andy Mills and Theo Balcomb, and edited by Lisa Tobin.
That, however, partly backfired as athltes and National Olympic Committees demanded an immediate decision to plan their year.
And whatever you think of Klinsmann's tactical acumen, he did try different things, even if they sometimes backfired.
Not only did these assurances not fool moderates, they backfired — becoming the stated reason McConnell lost the vote.
Yet political analysts contend that the outcome was driven by more than just the president's strategy having backfired.
The vote, which was a reversal of Ms. Tsai's political fortunes, suggested that Beijing's pressure campaign had backfired.
In other words, Trump's latest attempt to bully another country has backfired — just like all his previous attempts.
American use of economic coercion had backfired, providing an incentive for the two countries to draw closer together.
Whatever happened, Trudeau's strategy appears to have backfired, bringing scrutiny on him and failing to protect the company.
Every other hurdle he put in her way as both an actress and producer on the film backfired.
Research shows that efforts to boost employment by making it difficult or costly to fire workers have backfired.
But the move backfired on Delta, a company that has exhibited savvy on political issues in the past.
Those attacks were widely viewed to have backfired, and Mr. Trump later modulated his words about the Khans.
That, however, partly backfired as athletes and National Olympic Committees demanded an immediate decision to plan their year.
But if so, the strategy backfired badly, feeding a popular backlash that has proved costly for the carmakers.
The symbiosis had backfired; their proximity to the subway felt more like a curse now than a blessing.
The Obama administration's departure from US exceptionalism and its strategy to let regional players take agency has badly backfired.
Plus, a lot of Democrats, notably Pelosi, can remember when impeaching Clinton backfired on Republicans in the late 1990s.
Coca-Cola's attempts to mix English with te reo Maori — the language spoken by New Zealand's indigenous people — backfired.
But the effort to highlight Du Bois' famous words backfired—because whoever sent the Tweet misspelled Du Bois' name.
It's also one that could have easily backfired had The Good Place been at all clumsy along the way.
This backfired spectacularly when he learned that he would be charged with making unsolicited calls to the Chief Justice.
But I loved it, so I guess that plan backfired—although now they claim it was really good parenting.
In other words what backfired for Mr Kaine worked like a charm for Ms Comstock: running against Mr Trump.
In fact, that drama backfired on Guaidó as an anti-Maduro protester burned one truck carrying the delivered cargo.
Continuing attempts to delegitimize Trump's presidency have backfired and may well end in tears for the Democrats in November.
TACTICS "BACKFIRED" Ardea Partners and Goldman often help each other on business and share work for high profile clients.
Still, it's a reminder of Trump's penchant for personalized diplomacy, which, in this case, seems to have backfired badly.
These efforts have backfired in recent months as both women have come forward after several publications uncovered the payments.
This backfired on her when her youngest son, Tommen, committed suicide upon finding out his wife Margery was dead.
Trump's attempts to broaden his reach beyond his core supporters have largely backfired and likely hardened views against him.
After winning his own seat in north London, Corbyn said May's attempt to win a bigger mandate had backfired.
Unfortunately, the plan backfired, and one girl stumbled inside to throw up, leaving Ronnie alone with the other outside.
"You wanted to send a gimmicky message that actually backfired on you, and that bill actually passed," she said.
But there are signs that a four-month lobbying blitz by some of the world's largest banks has backfired.
But, the tiered pricing backfired on the company because new members are largely opting for the cheapest membership plan.
A Republican congress member from California tried to make a point about women in the military, and it backfired.
It's possible that your boss isn't on board with the practice because it backfired on him in the past.
Google has issued an apology and removed a temporary email feature after one of its April Fools' jokes backfired.
President Donald Trump's advisers are concerned that his attack on four Democratic congresswomen Sunday may have backfired, Politico reported.
As these tactics backfired, he then tried to become the man he thought I needed—both physically and psychologically.
Mr. Obama's remark, which came at the request of Prime Minister David Cameron, was widely judged to have backfired.
TV on Friday that she was "disappointed" by Warren's decision to release her DNA test, saying the move backfired.
The "comprehensive" immigration reform of the 1980s backfired, granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens without sealing the border.
But instead of winning over those middle-ground voters, Harris' strategy of trying to make everyone happy has backfired.
But the killings and the bombings of Italian monuments the next summer backfired, prompting a crackdown on organized crime.
The attempt to stand up to President Donald Trump's attacks -- he repeatedly calls her "Pocahontas" -- seems to have backfired.
Drug education is the only part of the middle school curriculum I remember — perhaps because it backfired so spectacularly.
Clinton's desire for privacy about her illness backfired, and her campaign is scrambling to reassure voters about her health.
Again and again, Trump has responded to crises and defeat by embracing extreme immigration policies, which have always backfired.
President Donald Trump is tweeting about the "Criminal Deep State" and says its efforts to undermine him have backfired.
The 2007 attacks backfired, he noted, because they drove Estonians far more solidly into the European and NATO camps.
The move backfired entirely: Varner's tribemates quickly admonished him for his actions, and he was ousted by the tribe.
But it has backfired now that the Guangzhou plant, operated in a joint venture with China's GAC, has opened.
When Goldman Sachs used emojis to tweet news of its 2015 report about millennials on Twitter, the ploy backfired.
On that occasion, it had secured Michael his first world title; this time, it appeared to have backfired spectacularly.
But OPEC's intention in 2014 of undercutting American and other producers backfired and reduced its share of the market.
The gambit backfired: Especially after a good showing in Lebanon's elections earlier this year, Hezbollah is stronger than ever.
The Democratic rush to call the President racist over his terming the Covid-19 disease "the Chinese virus" backfired.
But Mr. Tillerson's determination to bring a business sensibility to the State Department backfired, leaving it demoralized and understaffed.
He said the White House statements backfired, by allowing Mr. Maduro to attack the political opposition as American lackeys.
Many Indians are now angry at Mr. Modi and feel that India's military moves in the past week backfired.
But Mr. al-Bashir's efforts to paint the recent revolt against his rule as a Darfuri ploy quickly backfired.
The disciplinary action was met with further chagrin from the MMA community and backfired on the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Fortunately for The Post, the woman's unsubstantiated account did not meet the paper's journalistic standards, and the attempt backfired.
In fact, the party's aggressive election strategy seems to have backfired and may have actually helped Mr. López Obrador.
And, if a decision handed down Monday by a federal district judge stands, the tactic backfired spectacularly for DoorDash.
On "Survivor," Mr. Varner's gambit backfired, and in the end, he was the one whose torch was snuffed out.
But an attempt to compare Clinton to a tortilla-making abuela backfired, eliciting a contemptuous response on social media.
There is a growing chorus warning that the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank's subzero regimes have backfired.
The US-led deescalation, then, is good for current tensions — but totally backfired in getting Trump what he desires.
"They couldn't navigate the complexity of this deal and their plan of sidelining Nissan backfired," the first source said.
This often backfired, because she'd always tell me about things way before I was old enough to understand them.
In a new paper**, the authors outline three case studies where well-intentioned efforts to help consumers compare prices backfired.
But the briefing backfired spectacularly, in part because CIA Director Gina Haspel wasn't there, as Senate leaders had demanded. Sen.
"The German model—you have to handle hate speech in this way—in some ways that's actually backfired," Zuckerberg says.
A new golf ball deal also had backfired, and he was unable to shape shots the way he had before.
"The American people don't like the idea that we're separating families," Sessions said, acknowledging that the hardline policy had backfired.
Weight Watchers' new ad campaign, WWBlack, backfired almost instantaneously after it rolled out in Australia and New Zealand last week.
Political analysts say that's because CSU leader Horst Seehofer's attempts to sound as anti-immigration as the AfD have backfired.
He said a February promotion for jeans badly backfired when M&S failed to buy enough stock and sold out.
GoPro instead spent 2015 releasing a few mid- and low-range cameras in 2015, which seemed shrewd but ultimately backfired.
And it's worth remembering that when the Trump administration tried these "crude threats" tactics against Lisa Murkowski, they only backfired.
The New York Times wrote about these sanctions as evidence that Putin's apparent plan to get Trump elected has backfired.
The hearing was widely perceived to have backfired on Republicans, as she answered their questions and coolly deflected their attacks.
But that has backfired horribly this year with the unfortunate Galaxy Note 7 recall, which was caused by exploding batteries.
In the eyes of many observers, the Iraq war seemed not only to be a failure — it had totally backfired.
Results from northern Virginia, where Northam is absolutely destroying Gillespie, suggest that the Gillespie campaign's attempts to channel Trump backfired.
"[Similar attacks] have backfired as well," Aiken said, referencing a television clip from American Future Fund detailing Trump's vulgar rhetoric.
The GOP's healthcare strategy has already backfired badly, giving Democrats their biggest advantage on healthcare since before Obama was elected.
Clinton and de Blasio sought to make light of the delayed endorsement with a scripted joke on Monday that backfired.
Manafort's move to Alexandria comes a day after his complaints about being held farther away from the DC area backfired.
A House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether social media platforms discriminate against conservatives may have backfired on its GOP organizers.
I will be the first to admit — and I think you will agree with this — that that backfired on me.
The Astros chased Clevinger (3-2) in the sixth, and made a pair of pitching changes backfired in the process.
And Einhorn's bets against high-flying technology and growth stocks, the so-called the bubble basket, have backfired on him.
Floating around it, bashed-up motorboats, with bows as sharp as hooks, spluttered and backfired in the coffee-coloured water.
His gamble backfired: It failed to weaken Hezbollah, backed by Iran, and Mr. Hariri remains in office with new popularity.
But handing the 2022 World Cup to Qatar seems to have backfired for the self-enriching cabal in the end.
Though the League boss Matteo Salvini's decision to call for elections appeared designed to provoke a crisis, the move backfired.
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin in 2008, for instance, backfired when her gaffes and lack of experience became apparent.
Japanese authorities ordered the quarantine in early February in an attempt to contain the virus — but the effort backfired dramatically.
But the Republicans' strategy, to pass a law they expected Johnson to break, so that they could impeach him, backfired.
The move backfired as Seager grounded a two-run single into left field, giving the Mariners a 43-24 lead.
However, that backfired when the bill couldn't get enough votes in the Senate, resulting in the three-day government shutdown.
But in Libya, where chaos has reigned since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Macron's go-it-alone approach backfired.
These efforts have changed little or have backfired, with North Korea instead increasing its provocations, often timed to embarrass Beijing.
SoftBank is under scrutiny from a legendary activist investor A series of bets on money-losing startups backfired on SoftBank.
It backfired with Game of Thrones' recent finale in ways that, I would argue, make the Lost finale look better.
He guided the Eagles to the Bears' 2, converting a third-and-9 to Jeffery, before three straight plays backfired.
For months, the president's lawyers have tried to discredit Mr. Mueller and this report, but their efforts may have backfired.
I was thrilled to find he shared similar interests, but it was a huge risk that could have backfired badly.
One, in places around the world where perhaps the taxi interests were a little stronger, places like Europe, it backfired.
But the campaign backfired when a female Stroh's employee sued the company for sexual harassment, igniting a national debate over feminism.
It could have easily backfired, but in Fey's hands (and those of writer Robert Carlock) the jokes land alongside the bombs.
But the plan may have backfired because it delivered days of unflattering headlines for the President as individual excerpts were released.
That backfired as shoppers balked at higher prices, eroding profits, and the firm had to resort to cuts the following year.
Mr Hollande's tough response impressed the Germans; and, in Brussels, Mr Renzi's call for a "strategic discussion" on Russia policy backfired.
The investigators from CAR found that the policy has sometimes backfired, allowing America's enemies to obtain arms meant for its allies.
Trump has called for his supporters to monitor the polls for fraud on Election Day, but that strategy has already backfired.
The stunt even backfired on the family, after law enforcement realized the "cybermom" had an outstanding warrant for writing bad checks.
ING's Brzeski remarked that this strategy had backfired on the CSU with it hemorrhaging voters to both the left and right.
Politicians have long used their food choices on the campaign trail to connect with voters, but their attempts have sometimes backfired.
During the third presidential debate Wednesday night, Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton "such a nasty woman" — and it backfired, big time.
But it backfired: each attempt to mollify one party provoked the other, and all sides attacked her inability to achieve peace.
She has often said that Fazlullah&aposs attempts to silence her backfired and instead he amplified her voice around the world.
This backfired: It only fueled her confidence and angered him further when "Saturday Night Live" made a parody skit about him.
Shakespeare in the Park has yet to apologize for its wrongdoing, while Griffin issued a desperate retraction after her stunt backfired.
The strategy backfired when Van Slyke stole second and catcher Chris Herrmann tried to catch Hernandez straying too far from third.
Traders say the new system has backfired as inspectors are now rejecting cargoes at Egyptian ports on arbitrary and unpredictable grounds.
President Trump's transparent shots at Angela Merkel over Germany's response to the migrant crisis have backfired big-time, according to analysts.
But the plan for the site backfired locally and de Magistris was supported in the district after vociferously objecting to it.
Newt Gingrich, who was at the height of his power in 1998, lost his job when the impeachment of Clinton backfired.
Attacks on character, including on Mr. Biden's, have often failed to land or have backfired in the primary process so far.
But after the Casterly Rock plan backfired, Daenerys ultimately opted not to attack King's Landing's Red Keep — again taking Tyrion's advice.
Elliott said Obama's warning that Britain would be at "the back of the queue" for a U.S. trade deal had backfired.
May's snap election call was the second time that a Conservative gamble on the issue of Britain's relations with Europe backfired.
The briefing, however, backfired for the administration, as senators found the presentation unconvincing and voted 85033-37 to advance the resolution.
The briefing, though, backfired for the administration, as senators found the presentation unconvincing and voted 63-37 to advance the resolution.
Saudi leaders' ideological reform efforts, encompassing textbooks and preaching, amount to a tacit recognition that its religious exports have sometimes backfired.
As the middle child, the way I got attention was by not being a problem—which sort of backfired on me.
But Mr. McConnell's warning may have actually backfired, two people close to the president said, pushing Mr. Trump toward Judge Kavanaugh.
Mr. Richards said Uber's campaign against the cap appeared to have backfired among Council members who see it as overly aggressive.
That strategy paid enormous electoral dividends, but it eventually backfired through the election of a president who believed in the lies.
The risks of an outbreak were compounded in 2017, when the rollout of the world's first promising dengue vaccine backfired spectacularly.
When Senators Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas tried it during the Republican primaries in 2016, it backfired.
Well, that backfired ... 'cause Reardon had to get himself to a hospital when he wasn't able to get them out himself.
The strike appears to have backfired, to the benefit of Iran's long-term goal: getting the US out of the region.
When he was in opposition, he had announced plans to retire before his rivals tried to govern alone — and it backfired.
While Mr. Johnson's tactical gambits have backfired, there is a strategic thread to them, analysts say, that may ultimately prove successful.
Research has suggested that Japan's negative rate policies may have backfired, actually lowering inflation expectations instead of firming them, as hoped.
It worked out for us, because the guest rooms turned out to be in good condition, but it could have backfired.
He has defended the donations as "more of a networking thing" that actually backfired due to the legal scrutiny they brought.
The Ford strategy nearly backfired, as the faster Toyotas, which stayed on the track, almost lapped them before the segment ended.
The gambit was "something of a boss move," said Helima Croft, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets, but it backfired badly.
The Detroit Pistons are playing down to the level of their competition of late, and that strategy backfired on them Thursday night.
The FCC's plan to announce a straight repeal of net neutrality protections over a major US holiday weekend appears to have backfired.
His plan backfired, and Hewlett-Packard took an $8.8 billion writedown a year after buying Autonomy, while accusing Lynch of accounting fraud.
Dodge's ad used excerpts of King's famous "Drum Major Instinct" speech, given just two months before his assassination, and it backfired. Badly.
If Putin was looking for a more pro-Moscow policies from the United States, his election interference backfired in a big way.
Bullshitting is easy, but governing is hard: Trump's bluster and bombast, so effective on the campaign trail, has backfired spectacularly in office.
According to the Register, the attack campaign quickly backfired despite the fact that it barely made a blip on the mainstream radar.
Chastened by a referendum on independence that backfired last year, they praise Mr Abdul-Mahdi as the leader of a united Iraq.
Instead, the move backfired, triggering the revival of Hanson's One Nation and shifting significant power to independent South Australian politician Nick Xenophon.
But that strategy has often backfired, said Lior Mentser, head of project finance and infrastructure at the country's biggest bank, Hapoalim (POLI.TA).
British Prime Minister Theresa May came under intense pressure after her latest Brexit gambit backfired and fueled calls for her to quit.
The Occlumency lessons with Harry backfired for the first time in Order of the Phoenix, and suddenly we were in Snape's memories.
But the strategy backfired, with centrist favorite Al Gore splitting Southern votes with the other contenders like Michael Dukakis, the eventual nominee.
A trigger-happy young Midas, with everything he touches turning to guns who he claims none of his projects have seriously backfired.
Clark forced Darden to work with Mark Fuhrman, a decision that backfired in multiple ways by the time the verdict was delivered.
That move backfired because the White House blocked CIA Director Gina Haspel from testifying at the briefing, as many senators had wanted.
But it backfired—the FBI has never seemed so political, and Comey has no backers left on either side of the aisle.
Sturgeon's nationalists lost seats in June's British parliamentary election when an attempt to push for a new vote on independence vote backfired.
In a way, the ruling against CFPB backfired on them, because it effectively legitimizes the agency in the eyes of the courts.
But the instinct to act like we "get" art backfired for some tourists who recently visited the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Republicans learned this Tuesday when their attempt to kick off the Trump era by gutting the Office of Congressional Ethics backfired spectacularly.
The wall plan backfired, and still, a decade later the wall in Sadr City continues to cause more problems than it prevents.
Once one of Mexico's wealthiest men, Alfonso Romo slipped down the rich list as a series of high-stakes biotechnology investments backfired.
Taghi, speaking by telephone, said the hosue arrest had backfired, raising the profile and importance of his father and the other detainees.
A briefing to the media in January 1985 from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's press secretary, intended to reassure financial markets, backfired badly.
There have been so many mistakes over the years of American arrogance that have backfired and this is another one of them.
The purges gave Reuther more control over his union, but backfired in terms of the quest to expand the power of labor.
Roy Moore's extreme and controversial views backfired in North Carolina and cost that state and its businesses tens of millions of dollars.
The intention was to defang Trump's attack on her as "Pocahontas," but the effort backfired, even drawing criticism from the Cherokee Nation.
Chelsea's decision to field a team largely made up of reserve players nearly backfired in a 23-26 win at Stamford Bridge.
British Prime Minister Theresa May was under intense pressure after her latest Brexit gambit backfired and fuelled calls for her to quit.
But if he thought that attending the event would make it look as if he was still in charge, the tactic backfired.
Tim Seymour held the lead for a long time, but risky bets on Valeant and Mattel backfired in the final two weeks.
A briefing to the media in January 13 from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's press secretary, intended to reassure financial markets, backfired badly.
Our photog at LAX tried to give MGK some props for his skills on the mic, and it kinda backfired on him.
British Prime Minister Theresa May came under intense pressure after her latest Brexit gambit backfired and fuelled calls for her to quit.
That same evening, Selina calls Bob, asking for advice about what to do about the whole China fracas, which has backfired spectacularly.
Instead, he's been fixated on discouraging the FBI investigation into links between his campaign and Moscow — something that's backfired terribly for him.
If Trump's plan was to penalize Iran to the point it had to negotiate with his administration, that appears to have backfired.
He chose Sarah Palin, then the Alaska governor, as his running mate, a bid to inject energy into his campaign that backfired.
Stuart Diamond, a professor who teaches negotiation at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, said Trump's strong-arm tactics backfired.
Her efforts backfired as the Conservatives went on to lose their outright majority and Labour went on to pick up 30 seats.
But if the effort was to shame the five justices who now hold the upper hand, I think it most likely backfired.
Worse than firing a blank, Trump's broadside on the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice with this memo may well have backfired.
"The numbers clearly show that the termination of CSR funding largely backfired if the intent was to undermine the marketplace," Levitt said.
In the clash, UN peacekeepers allegedly resorted to using tear gas to disperse the crowd — a plan that backfired because of headwinds.
According to Mike, Whitman kept pushing board members to make changes that would curb Kalanick's power — and it appears her tactics backfired.
As a result, it also backfired by providing the general public with increased insight into how corporate handouts work in this country.
He did so without visiting Albany during the negotiations, a significant political risk that could have backfired had no deal been struck.
Such a delay would undermine the sense of urgency around impeachment, and likely would have backfired on Democrats had they tried it.
It may have backfired, as he appeared to injure himself somewhat in recording what eventually became the third out of the inning.
But it has been a rough week for the Mets' once-solid bullpen and Callaway, whose decisions, wrong or right, have backfired.
"I tried to get a better life for my wife and my son, and it backfired," said Mr. Bollinger, who is 53.
But the gamble backfired and Monfils' defeat also ended France's hopes of ending their 36-year wait for a homegrown men's champion.
They barely made it to the coast of western Scotland before the plan backfired and Branson had to jump into the water.
The move backfired as Segura grounded a single to center field to score Zunino from second and tie it at 4-4.
The gain of passing along vaccine virus comes with a risk, though, and this is what has backfired on the polio campaign.
As Vox's Tara Golshan pointed out, the argument backfired when his amendment was added after the committee passed it 32 to 30.
But when the electors gathered across the country Monday, this plot backfired embarrassingly — more electors defected from Hillary Clinton than from Trump.
It was a risk that could have backfired, and the game's long development suggests that Nintendo was patient about making it work.
"One of the important takeaways is that Nixon's efforts to control the attorney general and control the Watergate narrative, backfired badly," Cunningham said.
Now that those attacks have backfired, she's shifted strategy yet again, toning down the anti-Sanders rhetoric and focusing on her own qualifications.
MICHIGAN RESIDENTS UNEASY AFTER RECEIVING THREATENING LETTER ABOUT FIREWORKS CELEBRATION "This plan definitely backfired," Ivanaj later told WJBK about the fed-up neighbor.
But Trump's words backfired, sparking fierce and deeply personal attacks from an array of high-profile athletes, the majority of whom are black.
"The Common Core got people to sign on and implement standards before the standards were there, and I think that backfired," Schweingruber said.
Then manager Chip Hale removed Ray, a decision that backfired when Randall Delgado walked both batters he faced, Charlie Culberson and Austin Barnes.
Adidas learned the hard way that internet trolls are never to be trusted thanks to an automated-tweet marketing campaign that quickly backfired.
The move backfired, routinely grouping stories that had nothing to do with one another under a single keyword and promoting fictional news stories.
For a time, even those things were stripped from her, when a lawsuit accusing the government of discriminating against people like Raquel backfired.
The legalizing or decriminalizing of prostitution in The Netherlands and Spain has backfired, proving a disaster for exploited persons and creating new victims.
Frank Frink (Rupert Evans) was a Jewish machinist who wanted revenge against the Japanese for killing his family, but his plans backfired terribly.
His gamble backfired when Antonio Giovinazzi — standing in for Pascal Wehrlein at Sauber — crashed, bringing out the actual safety car two laps later.
In the end the plan backfired, as many of the nation's top newspapers highlighted the grim conclusions of the Fourth National Climate Assessment.
"Maple Mountain tried taking this cheap-shot right at the end of the year and it just totally backfired on them!" he said.
When English traveled to Thailand to surprise Williams, his romantic gesture nearly backfired when she freaked out that she didn't know his whereabouts.
Background: The joint venture rule was intended to encourage a technology transfer that would benefit Chinese automakers, but research suggests that it backfired.
Sometimes the intimidation backfired, as when Huddleston was informed that her Afghan hound, Havana, could no longer take part in local dog shows.
The effort backfired when the BBC show reported that the Margiottas relegated Fabio to menial tasks, and finally said he had been sacked.
As we all know, Comey's public actions to defend the bureau's and his own reputation for nonpartisanship backfired spectacularly in the 2016 campaign.
Having worked at both Google and Yahoo I could see how the same principles that worked at Google, sort of backfired at Yahoo.
As a longtime Wells Fargo customer and presumably at least part of the audience they had in mind, I thought the spot backfired.
Rubio attempted to use his critique of President Obama's policies in response to Christie's claims about his inexperience, but his statements quickly backfired.
But a global effort to curb the toxic element has backfired in Indonesia, where illegal backyard manufacturers, like the one above, have boomed.
Similarly, attempts to take control of Telecom Italia by Vivendi not only backfired in 2018, they signalled vulnerability up the chain of command.
Rubio, recall, famously tried to match Trump in terms of name-calling, even criticizing the size of Trump's hands, but it ultimately backfired.
OPEC efforts at balancing markets have backfired yet again, and they will eventually come to realize the game is no longer worth playing.
These constant attacks against the special counsel and his team have backfired and added to the dangers the GOP faces in the midterms.
But the deal backfired when Euribor rates slumped, and in 2013, the government challenged several of the interest rate hedge contracts in court.
The viral thread about Amazon working conditionsBut now, 12 months on, the FC Ambassadors have gone viral, and Amazon's program has backfired spectacularly.
Trump, an avid Twitter user, apparently tried to curry favor with Hispanic voters last spring in a move that, by many accounts, backfired.
His attempts to out-insult Trump appear to have backfired spectacularly, a failing Trump diagnosed with typical acuity in his victory press conference.
Media coverage across the U.K. has been unanimous: Prime Minister Theresa May has gambled on her government's future and it has badly backfired.
Although Maher is not one for apologies, he quickly backpedaled when his joke backfired after people rightly called him out for being racist.
Do you almost feel like that backfired when people later accused you two of not having anything to do with making your music?
I sort of tried to block the tube with my tongue to give myself more time to swallow, but that backfired on me.
The incident is just one of many incidents in which the Chinese government's efforts to control the narrative around the coronavirus have backfired.
However, some of the Chinese government's efforts to control the narrative around the coronavirus outbreak, including Wang's calls for "gratitude education," have backfired.
Another is the pro-Iranian militia leaders, who are close to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a liability that has already backfired on Mr. Abadi.
May's decision to call an early election in the hopes of expanding the Conservative Party's majority in the House of Commons disastrously backfired.
Klobuchar has also shown a facility for pointing out sexism on the campaign trail in a way that hasn't backfired on her — yet.
In some ways, Moscow's energy muscle-flexing has backfired, with European countries taking steps to cut their dependence on Russian oil and gas.
Over the last two years, soybean acreage estimates made considerable gains in the March and June reports, though this ultimately backfired last year.
Past attempts at going after a frontrunner in debates, including by Kamala Harris and Julián Castro, have ultimately backfired or done no good.
Mr. Sewani said his attempt to stock Trump-themed souvenirs in his other stores backfired because of the president's unpopularity in New York.
Buoyed by a strong economy and public popularity, the Republican effort to impeach Clinton related to perjury during the Monica Lewinsky scandal backfired.
This summer, her exit from her former record label backfired when it was purchased by Scooter Braun, who Swift accused of past bullying.
The decision immediately backfired, angering many Native Americans and drawing criticism from a progressive political base that has rarely disagreed with Ms. Warren.
This month, an attempt to stack the City Council in Seattle, the company's hometown, with members more acceptable to Amazon backfired with voters.
But an increase in the minimum wage backfired, failing to prompt demand and forcing many smaller businesses to fire workers or close down.
But an increase in the minimum wage backfired, failing to prompt demand and forcing many smaller businesses to fire workers or close down.
Obama had to make his "keep your plan" promise when passing the ACA, which mildly backfired once the law started to take effect.
The protests by police also sometimes backfired, leading to further criticisms that law enforcement are too sensitive and trying to escape public accountability.
These red warning labels actually backfired and made some users more likely to share, so Facebook switched to showing Related Articles These red warning labels actually backfired and made some users more likely to share, so Facebook switched to showing Related Articles First, rather than call more attention to fake news, Facebook wants to make it easier to miss these stories while scrolling.
Schroeder's attempts at flirting backfired, however, as Cooke kept forgetting her name and compared her turtleneck bathing suit to the late Steve Jobs' wardrobe.
While the effort likely intended to make the city's officers more available to the Seattle residents, it backfired when its public affairs director Sgt.
LONDON — A city council's tribute to a key suffragette who lived in Salford has spectacularly backfired after her name was misspelt on street signs.
Do not try this at home, because Virginia preschool teacher Praepitcha Smatsorabudh's Orange Is the New Black-worthy designer handbag scheme just totally backfired.
So, I just think this is a Hail Mary to see if she can get back on track and it looks like it backfired.
But even though he had a couple of mishaps in the weekend, one of his latest tweets hilariously backfired — all thanks to a typo.
But Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera, a professor at George Mason University who studies human smuggling and migration, disputed the idea that Trump's policies have backfired.
But it backfired; I whacked Andrew with my baton, and as he tried to twist away from me, it caught him in the eye.
Cubs CHICAGO — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has the utmost faith in using closer Mark Melancon even as his strategy almost backfired on Sunday.
But, but, but: The most recent CNN poll suggests none of this has been insurmountable and that Trump's efforts on Ukraine may have backfired.
Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), whose early attack in the Mont du Chat backfired, is fourth, 1:20 behind, after conceding 50 seconds on Friday.
But the decision backfired on Saudi Arabia and other producers, which are now confronting a much higher burden of financing their oil-dependent economies.
Its effort may have backfired spectacularly: in the primary on March 6th Ms Moser came a close second to Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a lawyer.
One has to guess that some genius in the PD thought that it would make the vehicle less visible, but that plan obviously backfired.
In the short-term, they might have backfired politically for Trump by helping soothe antagonism in the two wings of the House Democratic caucus.
These protests have backfired and most people think we need ICE because they do human trafficking work, they do the great drug interdiction work.
A seemingly harmless discount to parishioners who wanted a good meal after church backfired on a Ohio restaurant after a secular organization cried foul.
One of his most controversial moves so far, targeting and ultimately sacking FBI Director James Comey, whom he called a "nut job," arguably backfired.
All this showed that Trump's strategy of strengthening relations with Saudi Arabia to fight terror and stabilize the region had spectacularly backfired, said Zakaria.
But the carefully planned attack -- which Bush had been telegraphing for days -- backfired when Rubio skillfully deflected, saying Bush never took issue with Sen.
Rajoy then organized snap elections in Catalonia in December, hoping opponents of independence would win, but that backfired when voters gave separatists a majority.
In the end, his efforts totally backfired: Democrats responded by taking out their phones and broadcasting the whole thing on Periscope and Facebook Live.
So over the course of a single weekend, Facebook's attempts to reorient one of its most prominent news products backfired in a big way.
But the strategy backfired, and it led to a glut in the oil markets that has pushed prices to their lowest levels in years.
When impeachment backfired During the Clinton administration, the Republicans came to the opposite conclusion and chose the impeachment route in the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Los Angeles went for a touchdown on 4th-and-goal from the 1 on the final play of the half but that decision backfired.
He promised more nuclear tests, accused the U.S. of wanting to remove North Korea's leadership and argued that American policies, including sanctions, have backfired.
Their impeachment of Clinton and focus on the scandal backfired with voters, allowing Clinton to regain the political momentum and costing Republicans congressional seats.
The challenge backfired as officials ruled that Cunningham fumbled the ball before it hit the pylon, which resulted in a turnover and a touchback.
In retrospect, the U.S.-led boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a well-meaning response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that backfired spectacularly.
Mr. Rajapaksa is a popular and divisive figure, a colorful politician who has cozied up to China and entered into many deals that backfired.
The move by the Dodgers backfired when Nunez hit a three-run home run over the Green Monster to open up a huge lead.
And yes, it had backfired miserably, turning what Ms. Huffman said had been an effort to help her daughter into a betrayal of her.
His father assigned a prominent Brotherhood member, Ezzedine Ibrahim, as Prince Mohammed's tutor, and he attempted an indoctrination that backfired, the prince often says.
DealBook President Trump's forceful support of Saudi Arabia's crown prince may have backfired by prompting members of Congress to promise investigations of their own.
But it also backfired in places like Colorado and Kansas, where some moderate and highly educated conservatives felt alienated and broke to the left.
President Trump's support of the Saudi crown prince may have backfired, prompting Congress to promise investigations that could lead to sanctions, our columnist writes.
The step, meant to put additional pressure on the cash-strapped Hamas government to provide for its people, backfired and provoked anger toward Abbas.
Mr. Putin had wagered that the American president would treat Russia favorably, a gamble that "has now backfired, spectacularly," our national security correspondent writes.
Hariri eventually returned to Lebanon, as prime minister and MBS's play backfired badly because Hezbollah and Hariri both emerged stronger after this strange episode.
It seems as if the liberal program of attempting to shame and berate people into being more open-minded and tolerant may have backfired.
When a motorcycle backfired in Times Square on Tuesday night, it sent a panicked mass running for their lives, fearing it was another shooter.
But the brouhaha over the Eagles' White House visit appears to have backfired on Trump, including among conservative commentators and GOP members of Congress.
Two onside kicks backfired for Navy, leading to field goals by Ty Cummings from 39 and 36 yards that gave Houston a 13-383 lead.
But sanctions have backfired, serving only to drive pregnant women away from necessary prenatal care and substance-use treatment, pediatricians say in three new papers.
Finally, a doctor writing in the New England Journal of Medicine said New York City's decision to fine residents who don't vaccinate may have backfired.
Then I started to explain how the rent in San Francisco was absurd — which actually backfired a bit with my die-hard San Francisco employees.
But the move has backfired with 5-Star and the PD seeking to form a new coalition instead, which would push the League into opposition.
Conventional wisdom holds that the Clinton hearings backfired on congressional Republicans, and it's true that Clinton's approval rating rose over the course of the inquiry.
Having campaigned hard ahead of the March vote, a strategy that many within AKP believe has backfired, Erdogan initially kept a low-profile this month.
Inevitably, those risky attempts backfired and deficits of 19803 or 14 points ended up being final scores of 55-10, 52-17, 38-16, etc.
The DCCC's campaign against Moser backfired in the March primary, and she will face off against Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, a Houston attorney, in the runoff.
Clumsy attempts by his ruling Justice and Development (AK) party to weaken Mr Imamoglu, including suggestions that he is secretly Greek, seem to have backfired.
Over the weekend, President Trump tried to throw the weight of his office behind the rapper's cause, but it seems Trump's efforts might have backfired.
Pressure on British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign increased after her new Brexit gambit backfired and as a key ally resigned from her cabinet.
But in this case, the obvious pandering to millennials, many of whom are genuine activists and search out brands that are socially conscious, royally backfired.
The diet backfired: "I ended up in the hospital two days before we started shooting the movie," Kutcher said at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
China's attempts to play the barefaced bully have historically backfired, pushing Taiwan farther away from Beijing's desired goal of unification rather than bringing it closer.
James Corden tried to pull off the greatest New York City moment, but it backfired on the 2018 Grammys host in the most hilarious way.
This strategy was wildly successful until it backfired: Kim's 2011 wedding special, which chronicled her engagement and marriage to Kris Humphries, attracted 10.5 million viewers.
But all the early buzz backfired when the media re-discovered Parker's college rape accusation, the harassment suit that followed, and the plaintiff's eventual suicide.
If Cotton's op-ed was meant to build opposition to the potential deal within the Senate Republican Conference, officials suggested it appeared to have backfired.
Trump's defense may have backfired Yet Trump's own self-defense raised another question that could weaken his position and cause trouble for his legal team.
In a stunt that almost immediately backfired, Jake Paul confronted commentary YouTuber Cody Ko on May 18 in-person to accuse Ko of cyber-bullying.
But her instructions to retrieve a frozen juice pouch backfired — because her fridge also contained a alcoholic raspberry sorbet drink that very much resembled one.
"We tried to do something nice tonight and it backfired," said Mr. Szczesny, who was with his girlfriend, Pamela Blatkiewicz, 23, who lives in Philadelphia.
The financial engineering backfired as Kaufhof struggled to cope with higher rents that the joint venture imposed as well as declining foot traffic in stores.
Mr. Tovar said that while there were some instances in which transparency had backfired for Sprint, he was happy to remain as open as possible.
The eventual result was the appointment of Mueller as special counsel and a massive expansion of the Russia investigation — in other words, the move backfired.
"The move backfired, and the experience has inhibited actions thereafter," said Rosa Balfour, a senior fellow in the Brussels office of the German Marshall Fund.
In the Seventh District, the one race where they got involved in an attempt to knock off progressive candidate Laura Moser, the DCCC's strategy backfired.
President Trump's decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and impose crippling sanctions, when Iran was in full compliance, was foolish and, predictably, has backfired.
In Virginia, polling data has made it clear that Mr. Gillespie's MS-13 rhetoric backfired among minority voters as well as, crucially, among many whites.
That platform, however, may have backfired, helping smaller national and regional parties advance on Sunday from the northern region of Cantabria to the Basque Country.
Neither Boehner nor Gingrich could keep their troops in line, and both overreacted by instigating government shutdowns that backfired and undermined their bid for power.
" Feehery, who went to college in Wisconsin, said the rally Nehlen staged front of Ryan's home may have backfired  "That doesn't work in 'Wisconsin Nice.
But a demonstration of the truck's supposedly unbreakable metal glass windows backfired when a metal ball thrown at the windows did, in fact, break them.
But a demonstration featuring the truck's supposedly unbreakable metal glass windows backfired when a metal ball thrown at the windows did, in fact, break them.
An unprecedented government campaign to switch millions of households and thousands of businesses from coal to natural gas in northern China this winter has backfired.
The strategy backfired when a group of young protesters went after the Democrats instead with accusations that party leaders aren't doing enough to stem deportations.
Well, that backfired pretty quickly ... because the barricade toppled over -- sending everyone who was reaching over straight to the ground ... and Ryan flying back himself.
But it backfired, with Kyl blasting the company for not taking conservatives' concerns about speech seriously, even though those concerns had little to no basis.
Now those efforts have effectively backfired, with the prosecutor asserting that the 2015 merger, a crucial piece in the succession plan, was facilitated through bribery.
The effort backfired, as most historians found that American GIs simply found her show to be a welcome diversion from the monotony of wartime duty.
But Scaramucci fired back at Bullock later Thursday, claiming that his prank had backfired and that he'd been flooded with booking requests on the site.
The irony in the back-to-back announcements is that the same power plays that garner Mr. Putin plaudits at home have spectacularly backfired abroad.
However, that approach looked to have backfired as even May's harshest critics condemned the violent nature of the comments, tempering any confrontation with their leader.
A right-wing attempt to smear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest congresswoman in history, by tweeting a video of her dancing in college has (predictably) backfired.
" READ: The internet thinks it knows who wrote that anonymous op-ed Despite being clearly roiled by the disloyalty, Trump insisted the op-ed had "backfired.
Another popular post of a bridezilla plot that backfired on "r/weddingshaming" is story about one engaged guest who was invited to her fiancé's cousin's wedding.
The FTSE 250 struggled as the local currency was depressed after Prime Minister Theresa May's new Brexit gambit backfired, fuelling further calls for her to quit.
Management on a call with analysts said Nordstrom pulled back on promotional events during the quarter — an attempt to improve profitability — but that plan ultimately backfired.
That argument backfired spectacularly last month, when an audio recording emerged of Mr Temer appearing to condone the payment of bribes to impede the corruption probe.
PSG coach Unai Emery&aposs strategy of not pressuring Barcelona backfired, as his team sat back and passively let the hosts hem them into their box.
Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was humiliated by voters, as his attempt to reverse the mayoral election in Istanbul, which his party had lost, backfired spectacularly.
In years past, Harington and Clarke both earned Emmy nominations in the supporting categories and the jump to submit them as leads seems to have backfired.
But her efforts to inspire the masses have sometimes backfired because the senior adviser to the president tends to have an extraordinary lack of self-awareness.
But allowing my family to dig inside the sadness backfired, because they responded the only way someone can when faced with a pity party: with pity.
The loss triggered a re-calibration of the AKP's election strategy after Erdogan's polarizing campaigning in March was judged to have backfired and alienated Kurdish voters.
That strategy backfired: The Black and Tans were so violent toward Irish civilians that they provoked popular anger and likely ended up increasing support for independence.
But the measure seems to have backfired as 10-year JGB yields fell to two-year lows as economic prospects darkened, making JGBs even more unattractive.
The plan backfired: Sales dropped 25 percent in 2012, to $13 billion, and the company's stock sank from the mid-$30 range to the high teens.
This backfired in one famous instance when the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he'd exceeded his recess appointment power (which has now been significantly constricted).
In fact, "Abolish ICE" backfired so badly that it put Democrats on the defensive on immigration policy, which could hurt their prospects in the midterm elections.
But that gambit backfired, as a series of gaffes from the Alaskan hurt McCain's credibility and killed the ticket's chances with the bulk of swing voters.
MANCHESTER CITY FALLS Manchester City dropped to fourth place by losing, 4-2, at Southampton as manager Manuel Pellegrini's risk of fielding a weakened team backfired.
Some people close to Trump believe Mnuchin could find his own position in peril, in part because an attempt to calm the markets on Sunday backfired.
The decision was part of his aggressive response to the Russia scandal and clearly backfired -- it triggered the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel. 5.
Even though it's ingrained in every '80s kid's brain, there are studies that show that "Just Say No" and programs like it actually sort of backfired.
Republicans hoped that tax cuts would help fuel support for their party in November's midterm elections, but that strategy may have backfired, according to the poll.
But the briefing backfired and lawmakers were unconvinced by the administration's arguments for staying involved in the war, leading to more support for the Yemen resolution.
Facebook made the unusual decision to push back directly on Elizabeth Warren and her criticism of the company, but its attempt to defend itself backfired spectacularly.
In March 1513, the government banned Twitter in a notorious edict that backfired, as people flocked to Twitter using tools to get around the government block.
In March 2014, the government banned Twitter in a notorious edict that backfired, as people flocked to Twitter using tools to get around the government block.
If Nissan provided damaging information about Mr. Ghosn to prosecutors as part of an effort to dethrone him — as many Ghosn sympathizers believe — it backfired badly.
But a series of heavy-handed Saudi missteps, culminating in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, have backfired, leaving Iran with much more room for strategic initiatives.
Government efforts to erase the legacy of June 4 have backfired, prompting activists in China and Taiwan to commemorate the violent suppression by any means necessary.
Likewise, Trump's efforts to block meaningful investigations into his conduct have backfired, leading to the Robert Mueller inquiry and to congressional inquiries of obstruction of justice.
Her optics game may work when she herself has control over posting the photo or video, but it backfired in this candid, caught-off-guard moment.
The move backfired when IT glitches sent TSB's costs spiraling, forcing Chief Executive Paul Pester to resign amid complaints from customers and lawmakers over the fiasco.
Dr. Hsiang cautioned, for example, that experiments trying to undermine black markets in elephant ivory by selling legal ivory backfired and ultimately lead to increased poaching.
He decided to address it directly in his speech in a move that backfired and could not stave off his eventual demise later in the year.
Others argue that the market stress shows how post-crisis rules have backfired by limiting the ability of banks to provide liquidity when it's needed most.
But the plan backfired, resulting in the closing of many gifted classes in black and Hispanic neighborhoods as fewer students of color met the new requirements.
A spokesman for the Border Patrol echoed the view that the change in policy contributed to the increase in deaths (but disagreed that the policy backfired).
A trick play came back to haunt Colorado as UCLA led 14-10 at halftime after Colorado's fake field-goal attempt backfired in the second quarter.
But this draft guidance did little to help, and has in some instances even backfired – creating yet another excuse for drug manufacturers to delay providing samples.
They got away with it for a while until they overplayed their hand last month and forced a government shutdown in a ploy that completely backfired.
Some analysts said al-Shabab didn&apost dare claim credit as its strategy of trying to sway public opinion by exposing government weakness had badly backfired.
The move backfired when IT glitches sent TSB's costs spiraling, forcing Chief Executive Paul Pester to resign amid complaints from customers and lawmakers over the fiasco.
That plan backfired in spectacular fashion, with voters overwhelmingly supporting a name that failed to capture the grandeur that officials were probably looking for: Boaty McBoatface.
When Claire finds out her attempts at heroism have backfired, the camera spends more time on her horror than on those she has put in danger.
Related: Turkey's President Erdogan in Social Media Storm as He Visits US However Berlin rejected the protests and attempts to suppress the musical number backfired spectacularly.
The incursion was meant to weaken al Shabaab's ability to launch cross-border strikes, but the efforts backfired and caused an escalation of violence in Kenya.
The election she called for, meant to consolidate power for her conservative party ahead of Brexit negotiations, backfired and cost her side a crucial majority in parliament.
There's some evidence that the move backfired, allowing Moser to fundraise tens of thousands off it and earn the backing of the Sanders-aligned group Our Revolution.
Yet her generosity backfired when it became clear that other EU countries were, in effect, funnelling refugees to Germany (and Sweden, which had also opened its doors).
Democrats get nasty Hillary Clinton campaign strategist Joel Benenson's call a week ago for Sanders to improve his "tone" and focus his criticism on Republicans has backfired.
What happened next is still unknown, but given the carvings discovered by Jon Snow in Dragonstone, it appears that the Children of the Forest's plan wildly backfired.
On Thursday, a video of her college self recreating the Breakfast Club dance was surfaced by right-wing critics but their attempt to disgrace her backfired bigtime.
The staged press event with Clegg making his maiden public speech for his new employer may have backfired a bit because he managed to be incredibly boring.
Though she originally tried to paint herself as a champion to women and children, playing the role of a de facto first lady, the move quickly backfired.
But those changes reportedly backfired, and Benjamin sued the school's Board of Trustees, which includes Sparks, in 2014, accusing the author of homophobia, racism and anti-Semitism.
Jackson isn&apost absolved of blame, either, as his handling of Kizer, along with some in-game strategic moves that backfired, have put his future in jeopardy.
But his plan backfired when an observant fan of the actor recognized that Trent's photo just happened to be the same as Phelps' profile picture on Twitter.
Photo: Getty ImagesFrance's attempt to curb fake news backfired on Tuesday when Twitter rejected the French government's attempt to run its own social media advertising campaign. Oops.
Last month she had her mom drop her off at the front gates and asked her to circle the parking lot, just in case the plan backfired.
Southeast Asia's largest economy has been struggling to rein in the prices of beef and chicken after a string of self-sufficiency policies backfired on the government.
So anytime the soda industry did anything — like raise questions about the "nanny state" — it backfired, because everybody could see it was Big Soda exercising its muscle.
Locking horns with the rail sector has backfired on previous French governments - paralyzing train strikes in 1995 forced then-Prime Minister Alain Juppe to pull planned reforms.
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's attempt to use Latin hit "Despacito" - which means 'slowly' - to inject some cool into his controversial new congress has backfired quickly.
The EU's final appeal appears to have backfired, with the WTO judges reversing points that previously went in the EU's favor and toughening the ruling against it.
In fact, we're told Uzi decided to drop the song after Drama and Cannon said they'd support him releasing music ... it just backfired due to the copyright.
But that effort has backfired in Indonesia, where illicit backyard manufacturers have sprung up to supply wildcat miners and replace mercury that was previously imported from abroad.
But that plan backfired in a way this year when the official measure of inflation was negative, leaving the minimum wage at $5523 for a second year.
The move backfired when Delgado gave up hits to the only two batters he faced as the Dodgers scored all five of their runs in the seventh.
Original story: Prime Minister Theresa May's gamble in calling an early election backfired spectacularly as her Conservative Party lost its majority in Parliament, throwing politics into chaos.
If anything, they've backfired: West Virginia's teachers are still walking out in a real show of populist politics, one with implications for embattled workers across the country.
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Michael Gordon, a Democratic strategist and principal at a strategic communications firm Group Gordon, told Insider in a Friday phone interview he believed Castro's attack ultimately backfired.
A motorcycle backfired in Times Square on Tuesday night, inciting panic as people mistook the sound for gunshots and fled in panic from a non-existent threat.
He largely stayed away from swing states and districts where the President is unpopular enough that a last-minute visit would have backfired and galvanized Democratic voters.
It was a move that backfired as Love missed a put-back and the Nets secured the win by hitting three foul shots in the final seconds.
The irony is that by creating a new challenger in Arya, Dany's show of force might have backfired and made her control of the throne more tenuous.
Plus, working as Trump's lawyer backfired on Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal attorney who had his office, home, and hotel room raided by federal investigators last week.
Michael R. Bloomberg was known for taking regular jaunts to his estate in Bermuda, including one trip that backfired when a particularly bad snowstorm hit New York.
In some places like Arizona, where the Democratic Senate candidate, Kyrsten Sinema, narrowly beat her Republican opponent, Martha McSally, analysts said the caravan might actually have backfired.
The Times reported this past week that the Facebook exec personally ordered staff to research the finances of the billionaire George Soros, a decision that profoundly backfired.
In the fraught atmosphere outside the bubble, even an edgy, self-deprecating promotional video for the show, produced by KAN and replete with "insider" Israeli humor, backfired.
If a Huawei-aligned entity created Lzplay for the purposes of alleviating Google app anxiety for potential Mate 30 customers, it really seems to have backfired now.
Senate Republicans also say strong-arm tactics from the White House backfired, making it harder to cobble together votes and have left bad feelings in the caucus.
Attempts to punish voters for that by limiting Chinese tourism to Taiwan backfired, and the island actually posted record visitor numbers after pivoting to other Asian nations.
Once the tennis began it quickly became apparent that Canada captain Frank Dancevic's decision to change his lineup for the first time all week might have backfired.
The only reason their plan somewhat backfired is that it effected something more important than wages and freedoms in NC. Something more sacred to citizens here. Basketball.
This method may sound effective, but Uber's Bozoma Saint John says writing down the positive and negative potential outcomes of an opportunity backfired in her early career.
But the move backfired; the photo immediately went viral with Democrats tweeting it out as a symbol of the speaker's strength in facing down a hostile president.
The translation ban is an apparently well-intentioned policy that tragically backfired, all because its creators chose a rigid technical fix instead of a more nuanced solution.
But pressure within the party pushed McCain to make former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin his vice-presidential choice, a move that backfired and helped Obama win election.
Rand Paul followed through on the first part of that plan — but it backfired completely, and Paul dropped out after barely making a dent in the race.
The core of Rauch's essay focuses on five areas where he believes reforms backfired, cutting out necessary transactional politics and middleman in favor of flawed direct democracy.
A deluge of betting ads backfired in the UK, where online bookmakers have now agreed to not advertise during games out of concern about the impact on children.
His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered a crisis for Iraq's Kurds who had been enjoying a period of unprecedented autonomy.
Just as this girl was nervously gloating after pulling off a successful and innocent prank, her victory walk backfired, sending her right into the lake she was avoiding.
Boback's sales technique often involved hinting at an ominous data breach, then withholding details until potential clients paid, and on a number of occasions the approach had backfired.
But his derogatory comments quickly backfired after Amber Tamblyn recounted a disturbing encounter in which Woods tried to pick her up when she was just 16 years old.
In 2006 the Stiftung Familienunternehmen, a foundation for family firms, lobbied so hard and loudly for lower inheritance taxes that its efforts backfired and the entire reform collapsed.
Prime Minister Theresa May was clinging on to power on Thursday after her final Brexit gambit backfired, pushing sterling to new five-month lows against the U.S. dollar.
Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was arrested for manhandling a female reporter and Trump's over-the-top defense of Lewandowski, which included wild accusations about the reporter, backfired.
Hillary Clinton campaign's spent much of the summer fundraising with super-elite donors, and ignored the union organizers in the Rust Belt in a way that backfired spectacularly.
Her plan backfired, and May's Conservative Party ended up losing the majority, and formed a minority government with the DUP, whose 10 votes it needed to retain power.
To that end, the company has responded with a car steeped in market research: see the return to traditional knobs after Lincoln's touch-sensitive controls backfired, for instance.
Your dogged determination to avoid any and all comestibles containing preservatives and things you didn't learn how to pronounce in high school chemistry class may have just backfired.
In 1998, Idaho residents Victoria Keenan and her son Jason were driving back from a wedding when their car backfired on a road near the Aryan Nations compound.
A defensive miscue and some bullpen maneuvering backfired in the eighth inning, and they could not score even after putting runners on base in the final two innings.
If Trump tried to drive a wedge between the leader and the rest of the Senate GOP conference, "it backfired," according to a person close to the leader.
The move backfired as Perez, who had homered in the fourth inning against Jon Lester, went deep again for a 3-run blast to make it 73-0.
But Madrid's attempts to quell a political uprising backfired instantly, as images of violent police confronting peaceful protestors travelled around the web, sparking outrage in Spain and abroad.
But the tactic backfired — within hours, Uighurs around the world took to social media to post pictures of their loved ones believed to be in Chinese internment camps.
The other side: Reducing opioid prescriptions isn't always a good thing, and addressing the opioid epidemic has backfired for some patients who need chronic pain treatment, Politico reports. 
The referendum passed in a landslide but backfired spectacularly, escalating tensions with Baghdad and ultimately leaving the Kurdish region with less territory and autonomy than it had before.
The question backfired once evidence mounted that Mr. Nixon was involved in the cover-up from the start, and Mr. Baker eventually became a critic of the president.
But the campaign, which was carried out by the company's team in Brazil and reported by Ad Age, a marketing and media news site, quickly backfired this week.
Beijing's efforts to grapple with this have backfired; when officials tried to impose a patriotic education curriculum in schools in 2012, young people led the protests against it.
An expert panel advising the W.H.O. advised against it because the risk of the disease spreading beyond the region remained low and declaring an emergency could have backfired.
But this strategy backfired when Juul and other e-cigarettes became immensely popular with youths, and the agency recently restricted sales of certain flavors that appeal to youths.
Especially when it has historically been the case that in times of extreme duress, people have made trade-offs about personal freedoms and protections that have subsequently backfired.
Migration was a key issue in the French, Austrian and Italian elections, and in Germany, too, where Ms. Merkel's initial "welcome" to migrants in 2015 has backfired politically.
Russia tried to use an emergency U.N. Security Council session to blame Ukraine for the confrontation, but the plan backfired, with Western nations accusing the Russians of recklessness.
It was in the early hours of Sunday morning and she figured she could just go to bed right after, "just in case it backfired," she said, laughing.
While he is known for clever stunts — Mr. Oliver recently published a children's book about a gay bunny and started a church — his latest prank may have backfired.
New York (CNN Business)SoftBank is under pressure from a legendary activist investor after a series of bets on money-losing startups backfired on the Japanese tech giant.
McConnell and his GOP allies have argued that the gambit backfired, with some Democrats in both chambers breaking with Pelosi and urging her to let the Senate begin.
For the third time recently, the open process backfired on House GOP leaders, who had often touted it as a return to "regular order" in the legislative process.
Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, aimed mostly at China because of its dominance in producing these raw materials, demonstrates just how the President's ill-conceived strategy has backfired.
In short, the move has backfired – possibly by spooking markets who may be assuming the Fed knew something nasty they weren't telling, hence the decision to strike preemptively.
Her campaign didn't keep its promises, her economic proposals failed to convince those outside the strong but minority base she'd built, and her attempts to rebrand sometimes backfired.
But the move arguably backfired, causing her to apologize to angry Cherokee Nation leaders and opening up a new line of attack for President Donald Trump and conservatives.
A plan to switch millions of households and thousands of businesses from coal to natural gas in north China last winter backfired as severe gas shortages hit the region.
But his gamble backfired when separatist parties won a majority, giving new impetus to the independence movement, led by Carles Puigdemont, who remains a fugitive from justice in Belgium.
And we&aposre going to tell you why legalized pot laws have totally backfired and turned out to be a bonanza for, believe it or not, the drug cartels.
CARACAS, July 24 (Reuters) - Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's attempt to use Latin hit "Despacito" - which means 'slowly' - to inject some cool into his controversial new congress has backfired quickly.
A deportation policy intended to break up the gang backfired, helping to expand it across Central America and in other parts of the United States, the LA Times reported.
Moreover, aggressive tactics backfired on it in the election of 2014 when, angered by the Awami League's rule changes, it first sponsored violent street protests, then boycotted the polls.
The strategy backfired on the A's, as Teixeira hit a grounder to the right of Oakland second baseman Chris Coghlan, who was playing 20 feet onto the outfield grass.
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Clinton benefited from a moment like that during her 2000 Senate run, when Republican opponent Rick Lazio's gambit to cross a debate stage and enter Clinton's personal space backfired.
The party's efforts to paint O'Rourke as an untrustworthy, no-good slacker backfired spectacularly, especially when his supporters began tweeting photos of his opponent from the same time period.
Theresa May's decision to call a snap election vote, once seen as a shrewd move to consolidate her power and steady the country a year after Brexit, has backfired.
First giving a backstory about how she'd give him a "kiddie cocktail" at home consisting of juice and "bubbly water," she recalls a hilarious time when that nickname backfired.
Sometimes this musical curiosity backfired (as in 20103's notorious Cold Lake fiasco); sometimes, it bore the sweetest, most fiendishly addictive fruit (see: basically everything else they've ever recorded).
The Ruth's Chris promotion backfired when Harbaugh's boys slaughtered the Scarlet Knights by a score of 78-0, the largest margin of victory among two FBS teams this century.
The change, intended to force out high-cost energy producers, backfired on the kingdom and other producers, which now have to consider how to finance their oil-dependent economies.
Pence's efforts to reengage talks between the moderate Tuesday Group and the Freedom Caucus backfired with members on both sides confused about what had actually been offered to them.
Although that makes sense given the softness in the United States and mature markets like Western Europe, it backfired at first because Brazil and South Africa tumbled into recession.
The 46-year-old Roberts was called out by President Donald Trump, booed by the Dodgers Stadium crowd, and ripped by the public for World Series strategy that backfired.
Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) all seem to have backfired, making passage of not only health care but any other major legislation that much more difficult. 3.
Perhaps in his zero-sum world, he takes satisfaction in the chaos rippling through U.S. politics, but his tactics have backfired badly in both Ukraine and the United States.
In the fourth end with Sweden lying shot rock, Korea skip Kim Eun-jung attempted a raised take out that backfired and allowed the Swedes to steal a point.
"He tried to fire off a rocket that goes up into the sky and it backfired and took his chest off," Temple's friend, Benjamin Avalos, told Toledo's WTOL-TV.
Even setting aside the many ways "privilege" seems to have backfired, we have to consider its failure to bring about a kinder society, let alone a more just one.
YouTuber Shane Dawson's attempt to address and quell rumors that he had engaged in bestiality backfired when he tweeted, explicitly, that he had never had sex with his cat.
Facebook over the weekend made the unusual choice to push back publicly on Warren's criticism in a tweet directed at the candidate, but that strategy appears to have backfired.
Higher stakes magnify the costs of failure, as Mr. Romney learned at the 2012 convention when an attempt to reach voters with the movie star Clint Eastwood backfired badly.
The British have been keeping an eye on him since his desire to play both sides against the middle has backfired, making him a prisoner in his own home.
During the Obama administration the government handed $535 million to solar company Solyndra and let the company do its thing – that backfired spectacularly when it went bankrupt in 2011.
Clinton's decision to use a personal email server while she was secretary of state started with an attempt to maintain a level of privacy that, she now acknowledges, backfired.
That process backfired politically on Republicans, who had secured virtually no support across the aisle, and Democrats don't want to make the same mistake heading into the 2020 cycle.
The incident on Thursday is not the first time an effort by the campaign arm to paint vulnerable Democrats in a bad light has backfired and prompted widespread condemnation.
Kim's nuclear blackmail backfired and North Korea found itself politically and economically in the same position as the Soviet Union was in 1986 after it lost the arms race.
The key there was the "if healthy" qualifier, and it would appear that the bet on this group staying on the floor has already backfired at least a bit.
His attempts to play that role backfired — his ham-handed attempts to manage Trump alienated the president, who has reportedly complained about his "totally establishment" views on foreign policy.
In September, Aryzta reported a full-year loss of 907.8 million euros ($1.09 billion) after its bid to sell its Otis Spunkmeyer cookie products directly to retail customers backfired.
Its 2014 invasion and continued support for the separatists in eastern Ukraine backfired by bringing an issue that had been simmering in the background to a boil, they said.
It took longer for tea to reach the American colonies, and eventually Britain's efforts to tax tea — both for the revenue and to bring the colonists into line — backfired.
But several transit leaders said that the interference backfired, and that the governor would have helped more if he had introduced any legislation to boost funding for core maintenance.
So this push to win over Labour failed — and it also backfired among the hardcore Brexiteers who already despise May's Brexit deal and won't like it any better now.
The W.F.P.'s bet backfired when Mr. Cuomo badly defeated Ms. Nixon in September, and the group subsequently endorsed Mr. Cuomo in the general election in a humbling reversal.
He came under more criticism after his decision to remove Syndergaard, who had thrown 103 pitches and recorded two outs in the seventh inning, backfired in the series opener.
Global health Even with more than 1,400 dead, the W.H.O. says the risk of the disease spreading beyond the region remains low and declaring an emergency could have backfired.
But the State Senate was a snake pit for the mayor, largely stemming from an attempt in 2014 by Mr. de Blasio to defeat Senate Republicans that backfired badly.
Mulvaney also urged Trump late last year to shut down the government as leverage to land additional funding for a border wall, a move that backfired politically on Republicans.
So when Prince Andrew set out to explain his friendship with the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a BBC interview broadcast Saturday night, it backfired predictably.
The government called regional elections in an attempt to derail the independence movement, but the move backfired when parties favoring a split from Spain won the most parliamentary seats.
He made no mention of closing the government again, a move that backfired on him, but instead suggested he plans to declare a national emergency to build the wall.
And the policy that it is around is either abolishing ICE or we want socialism, and their tactics have backfired, chasing people out of restaurants, yelling horrible things at people.
"That backfired," the source said, meaning the individuals involved are now being forced to choose between their current job status and continuing work on the transition and, possibly, the administration.
The Mets' decision to push ace Noah Syndegaard to Thursday's series finale backfired as New York allowed five runs in the first inning in Yoenis Cespedes' return to the lineup.
If President Trump had hoped to dampen the sense of intrigue swirling around his campaign's alleged ties to Russia by firing FBI director James Comey, his plan has royally backfired.
That also backfired; Hart closed the door completely on hosting, and the Academy officially admitted a month later that it hadn't been able to line up anyone to replace him.
There's been examples of where lists dependent upon data have backfired, such as what happened to Facebook's Trending Topics after the company fired its editors for the section last year.
The social media platform added a new face-altering filter in honor of April 20 — also known as 420, an unofficial holiday for people who enjoy cannabis — and it backfired.
But his plan backfired: Russia's brutal air campaign in Syria emboldened the EU's hawks to press for fresh measures beyond those already imposed in response to Russia's incursions into Ukraine.
Inflexibility in such laws has backfired in a huge way, as has been clear for so long in tens of thousands of convictions for nonviolent crimes swelling American prison populations.
Taylor Swift's VERY public war with Scooter Braun over rights to her masters has backfired for the singer -- 'cause people are playing those old tracks ... which only helps her enemy.
The reality of what's currently happening in American politics keeps stretching the bounds of credulity in such a way that Veep trying to outdo it could have backfired, and quick.
Newsroom: Article Context Launch Video Posted by Facebook on Monday, April 2, 2018 Facebook's partnerships with outside fact checkers that saw red Disputed flags added to debunked articles actually backfired.
But in at least one respect, Amazon's Hunger Games-style civic competition backfired: It's shined a spotlight on how Amazon and companies like it have benefited enormously from taxpayer funds.
A public consultation exercise on a 2013 draft constitution backfired when 72 intellectuals and bureaucrats responded by writing their own version prescribing a multi-party system, backed by 15,000 people.
It might have backfired, because when we got Deontay at LAX he told our guy they put the money together, and sent over a deal to Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn.
He uncovered troves of emails and memos in which Clinton's team pursued strategies that advanced contradictory goals, ridiculed each other, and allowed the candidate to launch attacks that backfired spectacularly.
Critics of the new government&aposs perceived softer approach toward migrants said its policies had backfired, by attracting ever higher numbers, and the government is increasingly wary of that criticism.
The UK department store's campaign, which kicked off Monday morning, backfired dramatically after a series of cryptic, emoji-filled tweets led customers to believe that the retailer had been hacked.
Ultimately, English's strategy backfired: He told the jury that McCoy was the killer, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death.
Seattle: Amazon's seven-figure intervention in city elections backfired dramatically, with even the incumbent city councilor who seemed most vulnerable — socialist Kshama Sawant — prevailing after late-arriving ballots were counted.
But over the course of the past two weeks, the left's strategy of identity politics as a way to divide and conquer American voters has not only failed, it's backfired.
His efforts ultimately backfired, as national political trends favored Republicans after almost six years of the New Deal agenda and southern conservative Democrats resentment of his intrusion into local politics.
Read more: Facebook made the unusual decision to push back directly on Elizabeth Warren and her criticism of the company, but its attempt to defend itself backfired spectacularlyIn July, Rep.
Beijing has made it clear that independence is out of the question, and Hong Kong's government took extraordinary measures, which may have backfired, to quell such sentiment before the election.
Just as his endorsement failed to deliver a win for Moore's primary opponent, Luther Strange, the President's all-out blitz in the past week for the controversial Moore backfired spectacularly.
But in Game 73, a tactical decision by Francona backfired, an error contributed to a Toronto run, and the Blue Jays finally got some big hits against the Indians' bullpen.
The program backfired most recently after a Twitter thread of FC ambassadors went viral, with many people saying the tweets were dark or dystopian (others raised doubts about their legitimacy).
I said no a bunch of times, and there's a million and one ways it could have gone wrong and it could have backfired and I could have regretted it.
Despite facing calls to quit after her election gamble to win a stronger mandate backfired, May will proceed on Friday to ask Queen Elizabeth for permission to form a government.
It immediately backfired, providing James, a skilled purveyor in today's catchphrase culture, with enough oxygen to respond with a phrase that's become his mantra: I am more than an athlete.
Having failed to offset the risk of currency fluctuations for its 23.25-259 financial year, the company put a hedge in place after the Brexit vote but that backfired too.
But the plan backfired, with politicians across the political spectrum and other members of Mr. Hariri's family rejecting the idea that Saudi Arabia could swap out politicians as it pleased.
And if they fail to take back the Senate, Judge Kavanaugh will sail through after all, and the Democrats will look weaker still for having attempted a tactic that backfired.
" The news-release approach backfired, the popular news accounts overshadowed the careful scientific paper and many scientists who didn't know Woese concluded, according to Wolfe, that "he was a nut.
It's been a little bit over a day since Oculus started rolling out new DRM for its software, but it's already backfired, making pirating the company's games easier than ever.
His attempts to play that role backfired, and his ham-handed attempts to manage Trump alienated the president, who has reportedly complained about Tillerson's "totally establishment" views on foreign policy.
Alarmed by the company's growing sales, its competitors organized a boycott by Ikea's suppliers, but it backfired: Mr. Kamprad went to Poland for materials and manufacturing, which cut costs further.
In what she probably thought would be humanizing gaffes during her election campaign in 2017, she let out that she didn't know where to buy toilet paper, which predictably backfired.
Admirers of Andrew Weissmann, one of the team's senior prosecutors, describe him as relentless and uncompromising, while his detractors say his scorched earth tactics have backfired in some previous cases.
Aimee was happy we didn't leave the apartment, but that backfired when I bragged after a friend asked if all we'd been up to was staying in to have sex.
The emotions of the Trump-Russia investigation backfired, and Congress should repeal CAATSA so that it does not become, by unintended consequence, the "Becoming America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act" (BAATSA).
Trump's efforts to spread fear of brown people actually seem to have backfired: Popular belief that immigrants make a positive contribution to America is at its highest point in decades.
And when Hays and West tried, as free agents, to torture the truth out of Harris James, the gambit backfired so horribly that they couldn't look into it any longer.
And you should have seen the response when an attempt to call Hedi Slimane out for ripping off Gucci's signature horsebit backfired (it felt more like a reach than a bullseye).
Last week, even before Parkland, a car backfired outside my school, interrupting class with a sharp pop-pop-pop; adrenaline shot through my veins as I grabbed a friend in panic.
Schultz has wielded his influence to decry open carry gun laws, declare the importance of social diversity and inclusivity, and start a national conversation about race (even though that one backfired).
Turnbull's Liberal-National coalition was reduced to a razor-thin one-vote majority in the lower house after an early poll to break a deadlock in the upper house Senate backfired.
But the move has backfired on U.S. President Donald Trump as it led to a steep rally in oil prices, including the cost of gasoline, ahead of U.S. mid-term elections.
Though some governments have responded with the tax holiday workaround—essentially meeting the companies in the middle by offering temporary tax breaks to bring the money home—that's backfired big time.
Although the coercive methods studied by Mr Dobbin and Ms Kalev backfired, their research also found that other initiatives, such as mentoring programmes and dedicated college recruitment teams, seemed to work.
Read More Valeant shares plunge 18% on SEC probe The company's strategy of acquiring smaller pharmaceutical companies and then selling their drug products at drastically higher prices ultimately backfired, Maris added.
Even if Clinton was correct – and Gabbard is a very unusual candidate, often featured on Russian outlets and openly supportive of Syria's Bashar al-Assad - her interjection may already have backfired.
He said the strategy had backfired as the loss meant Gareth Southgate's side finished second in Group G and face Group H winners Colombia next, rather than Japan who play Belgium.
Most of the tricks are harmless and fun but the company's 2016 joke backfired in a major way, forcing the company to deactivate the "feature" just hours into April Fools Day.
The Democratic senator seemed to believe doing so might squash the criticism she's faced on this issue, but the move largely backfired and she was even decried by Native American groups.
Abe will likely reshuffle his Cabinet to try to repair his battered image, although the tactic has backfired in the past when new ministers became involved in scandals or committed gaffes.
It was a risky move — taking credit for something unpredictable opens up the potential of getting blamed for it too — and one that has backfired a bit amid this latest selloff.
They also indicate that Clinton's last-minute accusations that Sanders had opposed the auto bailout because he'd voted against bailing out Wall Street — a misleading argument at best — may have backfired.
That plan backfired as Ball took over the scoring load and picked the Philly defense apart, getting to the cup and either scoring or finding the open man on the kickout.
We hired a manager to try to bring some kind of accountability to that process, and again, all of those attempts to make a schedule and stick to it really backfired.
Polls show a majority of Scots are opposed to a fresh ballot and a push for an early referendum in 2017 backfired when her party's support fell in a snap election.
But it backfired, and Machado was thrown out in a gruesome revolt in 1933 in which bloodthirsty mobs roamed the streets of Havana and the dictator's henchmen were hung from streetlights.
Though advertisers threatened to desert Sean Hannity after his defense of Moore backfired on Fox, the bowl-season brands I consulted were decidedly not interested in discussing a hypothetical Sen. Moore.
In the furor that ensued, it became clear that the law had backfired: a Polish friend told me about a meme showing two aliens newly arrived on Earth in late January.
Flyers coach Dave Hakstol decided to pull Lyon in favor of an extra attacker in the final 5:30 and with his team on a power play, but the move backfired.
Regardless of what the CDC decides, its messaging has backfired: As health care workers have clamored for masks, it's become harder to tell the public that masks wouldn't benefit everyone else.
The Times - An attempted coup by Tory Brexiteers against Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have backfired, with voters giving the prime minister their strongest backing since last year's election. bit.
But the system backfired when it was implemented in January, cutting trading short after less than half an hour and sending the Dow Jones Industrial average down more than 300 points.
For months, Bush has shied away from harshly attacking Rubio after his first attempt to do so on the debate stage in late October backfired badly and sent his campaign reeling.
It then called fresh regional elections in December in a bid to curb the independence movement, but the plan backfired and the secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan assembly.
Belgium faced a heart-stopping moment of uncertainty in the first knockout round against Japan, when Martinez's decision to rest players in their final group match against England almost backfired spectacularly.
But otherwise it avoided the radical measures that characterized Labour's manifesto or that of his predecessor, Theresa May, who hurt her chances in 2017 when her tough health care proposals backfired.
"Our study shows negative interest rate policy has backfired," Ru Xie, an associate professor of finance at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, said in a statement last month.
This book was written while O'Rourke and Byrd were representatives, and in it they argue that the war on drugs has backfired, instead creating a profitable black market for drug dealers.
"The number of people who will call you is so small, but including a number gives the impression you're accessible," Ms. Ettus said, adding that including her number has never backfired.
And when Fox News tried to pile on by showing footage of players it claimed were protesting during the national anthem, it backfired — because those players weren't protesting; they were praying.
Marta, who missed the opening game against Jamaica through injury, was replaced for the second half as coach Vadao looked to rest her, but the decision backfired as Brazil lost control.
Musk's infamous U-turn on a tweet announcing he would take the company private eventually backfired, with the Securities and Exchange Commission landing both Tesla and Musk with respective $20 million fines.
The chastened senator from Florida told an MSNBC town hall last night that his strategy to taunt Donald Trump about his small hands not only backfired but brought shame upon his house.
A marketing stunt from diet lords Weight Watchers backfired when "mood lightbulbs" sent to Australian female journalists seemed to make a comparison between a woman's weight and her ability to enjoy sex.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's laudable attempt to warn of the dangers of fireworks may have backfired when his PSA video instead showcased a fun use for the mini-explosives -- igniting fruit.
And in 1927, automobile magnate Henry Ford attempted to plop a Midwestern-style factory town in the Amazon rainforest, but his attempt to control and subjugate the people backfired, ending in riots.
New York billionaire George Soros' multimillion-dollar effort to reshape California&aposs criminal justice system by propping up progressive district attorney candidates backfired Tuesday, with most of his candidates suffering major defeats.
It's an idea Fed Chairman Jerome Powell dismissed in a congressional hearing last week, and which Summers and others say has backfired in other countries through higher inflation or a currency crash.
DICE's own Battlefront II is less than two months away, and while Disney probably intended to drum up hype for the new game with this gesture, the idea seems to have backfired.
And some others who have tried to cultivate a secondary source for vanilla have not been successful - Unilever's Ben & Jerry's, for instance, "invested heavily" in a similar project that backfired in Uganda.
Struggling to stay in the fight, McGregor took it to the mat, but it was a move that backfired in stunning fashion as he suffered more punishment from the heavy-hitting Diaz.
But the gamble backfired when voters stripped her of a majority in parliament and forced her party into a deal with a small Northern Irish party to prop up a minority government.
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban's populist referendum on the EU's immigration policy backfired when the Budapest strongman failed to get the endorsement of a majority of the eligible voters in October 2016.
Losses may have been exacerbated by lower market volatility as trend-following funds typically put on larger positions in such conditions, a strategy that would have backfired for them when trends reversed.
We explain why that plan backfired, turning the fax into the mechanical cockroach of American medicine, the seemingly immortal machine that doctors, nurses, and patients all hate, but can't quite stomp out.
But as usual, Ludendorff's plan backfired: he was declared innocent, but only because the court ruled that that he had been "emotionally overwrought" and not responsible for his actions during the putsch.
An attempt by two doctors to assert a patent against colleagues in the medical profession backfired badly on Thursday when a federal judge sanctioned them and dismissed their pro se litigation campaign.
This strategy has so backfired that it has resulted in female victims' being incarcerated during the prosecution of rape cases because the prosecution -- and impending punishment -- was more important than the victim.

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