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boomerang
Example Sentences
Poody is an example of a reborrowing or boomerang word, the OED said, meaning it had been borrowed from English into another language and then back again.
In two games t,he lack of ambition to improve the team has boomeranged back and hit the club squarely between the eyes.
But pulling that stunt on a former president, especially one as beloved as Obama, will only boomerang by underscoring how weird and pointless this all is.
Without the truce being extended by the 12 August deadline, tariffs could "boomerang" back up, US officials said.
He accused the MoJ of "deliberately" setting up prison leavers "to fail" and "return like a boomerang".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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