boomerang

Example Sentences

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We of all people should know the boomerang swings back, but we got too dependent on you to truly acknowledge that.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

"While launching widespread tariffs may seem like an effective tool, they can boomerang and cause unintended consequences."

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

It will get a gravity assist by sling-shotting around Mars early next year, then boomerang back around Earth in late 2026 before zooming toward the gas giant and its icy, dynamic moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 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

It had a big blue-and-white plastic sign in the shape of an oval, and a boomerang that said: the lbj apartments.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls