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boomerang

[boo-muh-rang] / ˈbu məˌræŋ /


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That peace trade subsequently helped markets boomerang to records.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The clips boomerang around the internet and get analyzed and recapped for everyone by Sunday morning.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, actor Rati Gupta said she wanted to reveal her tale of woe with a boomerang hookup at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Without the truce being extended by the 12 August deadline, tariffs could "boomerang" back up, US officials said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2025

I shrugged and looked at that spot on the wall again, the boomerang or cocoon or whatever.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

Store workers blow giant colorful bubbles and throw boomerangs around, while jingles from electric toys and whirls from their wheels mingle with the chatter of shoppers’ conversations.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 21, 2025

Nala points out all she was taught about Tasmanian Aboriginal culture and history at her Hobart school was a brief lesson on boomerangs and didgeridoos - although her people used neither.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2024

A gallery exploring the “White Album” years boomerangs from Sharon Tate to migraines to the Black Panthers.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 2022

Once he did, Evans installed an electric-blue Formica countertop with boomerangs and retro-style appliances that she bought from Home Depot, finishing the look with a set of swivel counter stools with wood laminate backs.

From Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2021

Inexplicably, Clyde started flinging magazines across the room like he was throwing boomerangs.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

How has Marcello Hernández’s impression of you on “Saturday Night Live” boomeranged back to you?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Now same policies they supported have boomeranged on them.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2026

In two games t,he lack of ambition to improve the team has boomeranged back and hit the club squarely between the eyes.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

That dropped to $19,000 per wedding in 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions limited gathering sizes, then boomeranged back to $28,000 in 2021 as restrictions on indoor gatherings eased and demand resurged.

From Washington Times Jun. 5, 2023

Thus I have come a long way and returned and boomeranged a long way from the point in society toward which I originally aspired.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Companies are bringing back retirees who formerly worked there full-time, known as boomeranging.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

This kind of thing might come back again, and certainly long balls are boomeranging back into fashion as the natural antidote to high pressing, short goal-kicks and high defensive lines.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

But the state has seen an uptick in the number of people in need of such programs, as well as more former residents boomeranging back for “further stabilization,” the state report said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2024

"Good," Ronnie replies before the Thor lookalike can even finish speaking, choking back bites of a burger before boomeranging back to the zip line.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2023

It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison




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