boomerang

Example Sentences

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Poody is an example of a reborrowing or boomerang word, the OED said, meaning it had been borrowed from English into another language and then back again.

From BBC

In two games t,he lack of ambition to improve the team has boomeranged back and hit the club squarely between the eyes.

From BBC

But pulling that stunt on a former president, especially one as beloved as Obama, will only boomerang by underscoring how weird and pointless this all is.

From Salon

Without the truce being extended by the 12 August deadline, tariffs could "boomerang" back up, US officials said.

From BBC

He accused the MoJ of "deliberately" setting up prison leavers "to fail" and "return like a boomerang".

From BBC