boomerang

Example Sentences

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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,” Swanson said.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2024

Wartilykirri is a hooked boomerang shaped like the number seven, used by Aborigines in southeastern Australia.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 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