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