boomerang
Example Sentences
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Your good health might turn chronically bad; your money pit of a house might morph into a black hole; your successful children might boomerang back into your basement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
AI critic Will Lockett dubs this the “AI boomerang effect.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026
The appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to Washington is like a bad news boomerang for the government.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
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
I watch the adrenaline-happy driver, who thinks he’s at the Indy 500, boomerang a turn at such an extreme angle the side of the bike scrapes the street.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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