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boomerang

[boo-muh-rang] / ˈbu məˌræŋ /


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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

Meanwhile, actor Rati Gupta said she wanted to reveal her tale of woe with a boomerang hookup at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

The world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of humans living at the time.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

Ragweed, the bane of hay fever sufferers, offers an interesting example of the way efforts to control nature sometimes boomerang.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

"We have turnovers, liners, hooks, boomerangs, knuckles. And they all do different things," Koch said in an interview with the NFL in 2016.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024

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

Now same policies they supported have boomeranged on them.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 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

That dropped to $19,000 per wedding in 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions limited gathering sizes, then boomeranged back to $28,000 in 2021 as restrictions on indoor gatherings eased and demand resurged.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 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

As I play, I am Melba, daring anyone to say a girl can’t, and I am Belle, my sound boomeranging around Copley Station.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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