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 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

Becky G knows better than to keep returning, like a boomerang, to a liar who doesn’t love her — but she can’t resist.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

We were at least a hundred feet up, but the limo came sailing toward us, flipping fender over fender like a two-ton boomerang.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan