1.   The move backfired, however, as Bush was widely criticised by Democrats and some Republicans for making a partisan attack at a time of international crisis.

2.   And the move backfired as well.

3.   As often has been the case this year with Cruz, the move backfired.

4.   Almost every move he made backfired.

5.   But Saturday night two moves backfired, and the Mets are now a game behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League wild-card race.

6.   But the move has backfired.

7.   But the move backfired in the first inning, as the Yankees blitzed Ashby.

8.   But the move backfired when the driver yanked the knife from his assailant and stabbed him, fatally, in the chest, the police said.

9.   But some analysts have said that such a move could backfire because voters might feel as though party professionals were short-circuiting the electoral process.

10.   But the move could backfire.