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.
have boomeranged
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present perfectof boomerang.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now the same policies they supported have boomeranged on them.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
That may have boomeranged back on the sanctioning countries by sending energy prices soaring amid an already deep cost of living crisis as a potential global recession looms.
From Reuters ● Oct. 21, 2022
Efforts to curtail purchases of Russian fossil fuels appear to have boomeranged, at least for now, The Times’s Victoria Kim, Clifford Krauss and Anton Troianovski report.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2022
I feel like the last few episodes have boomeranged us back and forth between favorable and unfavorable visions of Twelve, and now we're settling into a middle ground.
From The Verge ● Oct. 12, 2014
But in trying to clarify things since, Kerry has often made things murkier and has added footnotes to his position that have boomeranged on him later.
From Time Magazine Archive
