Example Sentences

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Now 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

Indeed, at certain critical moments, well-intentioned efforts by the Fed either to tighten up or to relax the reins on monetary growth have boomeranged.

From Time Magazine Archive