boomerang
noun
a bent or curved piece of tough wood used by Australian Aboriginal peoples as a throwing club, one form of which can be thrown so as to return to the thrower.
are boomeranging
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present progressiveof boomerang.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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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
Urban military tactics are boomeranging home now, too.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020
Even this weapon has begun to fail, because it is clear that the penalties are boomeranging against the Arabs themselves.
From Time Magazine Archive
