boomerang
Example Sentences
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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
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
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Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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