boomerang
Example Sentences
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I said, “I’ll tell you what, for the sizzle reel, we’ll do this: You are the son of two doctors. You are ‘the boomerang kid.’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
The mammoth ivory boomerang was unearthed in Oblazowa Cave in southern Poland.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
The very notion that generosity can boomerang may at first seem counterintuitive.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2025
"While launching widespread tariffs may seem like an effective tool, they can boomerang and cause unintended consequences."
From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024
The wreath hit a wall behind him, punching a hole straight through the bricks, then arced backwards through the air like a boomerang.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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