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• That’s the kind of game that can come back to haunt the Ravens.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Oct. 2022
• That kernel of popcorn that got stuck in your teeth at the movies could come back to haunt you.
  — Rachel Swalin, Health, 3 Feb. 2023
• Old social media posts come back to haunt one of the cast members.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Jan. 2022
• Be willing to fight for your point of view, but don't be so stubborn any mistakes come back to haunt you.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• And yet, time and time again the costly interceptions and fumbles seem to come back to haunt them.
  — Steve Reed, ajc, 13 Dec. 2021
• As the war in Ukraine enters its second month, Mr. Zemmour’s comment has come back to haunt him.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Mar. 2022
• Observers warn that Macron’s phantom campaign could come back to haunt him.
  — Time, 1 Apr. 2022
• Will the Byrde Foundation come to fruition as Wendy envisions it, or will her past crimes come back to haunt her?
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2022
• Jim’s hasty decision to just cover Elric’s body with a tarp and leave him at the camp is going to come back to haunt him.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 28 Dec. 2021
• But the lack of tech companies may come back to haunt the FTSE, once inflation and interest rates fall back.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• The choice to do nothing is a choice that could come back to haunt you with devastating consequences in the future.
  — Markus Pflitsch, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• This is a dangerous game for Michigan — the one where a soft preseason schedule could come back to haunt them.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 30 Sep. 2022
• On problem with this is that the shrinking cash position could come back to haunt Apple if the economy was to turn down.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Until, of course, the law is her adversary, after a night in which Tessa’s world collapses, and all of the codes she’s lived by come back to haunt her.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• The ghost of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, has come back to haunt the state’s most diverse town, local leaders say.
  — NBC News, 17 Apr. 2021
• Voices were raised, a source with knowledge of the matter said, and McCarthy protested, hinting the decision could come back to haunt her.
  — Daniella Diaz, CNN, 28 July 2021
• Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is already off to a rocky start, and his decision to bring in Tesla employees could come back to haunt him.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
• As the 25 year anniversary nears each of the women receives an ominous postcard and their disturbingly dark pasts come back to haunt them.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• But as tensions between aliens and humans reach their breaking point, Lilly’s world begins to fall apart as the dark secrets of her past come back to haunt her.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
• But few gas facilities did, a failure that would come back to haunt them when Winter Storm Uri hit in February.
  — James Osborne, San Antonio Express-News, 29 May 2021
• Some of the concessions could come back to haunt him, including one allowing a single lawmaker to launch a bid to oust the House leader.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 11 Jan. 2023
• Shirking your responsibilities now will only come back to haunt you, so do what needs to be done!
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
• While terms of the new deal aren't public yet, Missouri putting itself on the hook for a huge buyout seems like the kind of administrative error that could come back to haunt them in a year or two.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
• If Durst's testimony in that case saved him, his decision to speak publicly about his life afterwards may have come back to haunt him.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2021
• Eventually, Dong’s liberal views would come back to haunt him.
  — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
• The problem is that deferring repairs now will likely come back to haunt power-plant owners, Richmond said.
  — Dallas News, 15 July 2022
• The continuity will elevate the 49ers past Russell Wilson and the Broncos, whose early season struggles come back to haunt them again in this one.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2022
• When Maya arrives in her hometown to find the truth about her friend’s disappearance, old relationships are rekindled and past traumas come back to haunt her once more.
  — oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2022
• At various points in recent months, officials made decisions that have come back to haunt India.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2021
• Now, as Musk ramps up his battle to buy Twitter Inc., the lingering ramifications of his prior use of the social media platform may come back to haunt him.
  — Joel Rosenblatt, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2022

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