boomerang
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That peace trade subsequently helped markets boomerang to records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The clips boomerang around the internet and get analyzed and recapped for everyone by Sunday morning.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
AI critic Will Lockett dubs this the “AI boomerang effect.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Without the truce being extended by the 12 August deadline, tariffs could "boomerang" back up, US officials said.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
Once again, the Bludger swerved like a boomerang and shot at Harry’s head.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
Store workers blow giant colorful bubbles and throw boomerangs around, while jingles from electric toys and whirls from their wheels mingle with the chatter of shoppers’ conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
But the oldest images of boomerangs in Australia are rock art paintings 20,000 years old, according to National Museum Australia.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Once he did, Evans installed an electric-blue Formica countertop with boomerangs and retro-style appliances that she bought from Home Depot, finishing the look with a set of swivel counter stools with wood laminate backs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
While it succeeded in bringing a game to the streaming service, a few too many choices resulted in either dead-ends or storytelling boomerangs that ultimately put the viewer on rails.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2020
It boomerangs back, just slightly, off the blinking lights and stone buildings around me, and I’m just about to feel sorry for myself.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
How has Marcello Hernández’s impression of you on “Saturday Night Live” boomeranged back to you?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
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 ● Aug. 27, 2025
In the weeks after Carlson’s exit, some viewers bolted to right-wing channel Newsmax, which saw its audience rise 20% to 145,000, though many later boomeranged back to Fox.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
You were also boomeranged on the show, which is unusual.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2023
Thus I have come a long way and returned and boomeranged a long way from the point in society toward which I originally aspired.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Companies are bringing back retirees who formerly worked there full-time, known as boomeranging.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
This kind of thing might come back again, and certainly long balls are boomeranging back into fashion as the natural antidote to high pressing, short goal-kicks and high defensive lines.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
It’s in Part 1 of the series finale, when she confronts Big for boomeranging back into her life right when she’s moving on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
"Good," Ronnie replies before the Thor lookalike can even finish speaking, choking back bites of a burger before boomeranging back to the zip line.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2023
For Lexie, the precedent was not quite so clear: her mother had grown up in Shaker and had never gone far—just down to Denison for her undergrad before boomeranging back.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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