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- noun Plural form of
boomerang . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
boomerang .
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Examples
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And, perhaps the biggest kick in the teeth, members of this year's graduating class have been bestowed with the title "boomerangs": a group so poor, jobless, and in debt that 85% of them are expected to move back into their parents' homes after college in record numbers.
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The national park I worked on was serviced by a tourist resort that sold fly spray and wafer thin boomerangs made in China.
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Along with new ideas, so-called boomerangs "also come back with a renewed interest and passion for the area," said Mike Dozier, chief operations officer of the Office of Community and Economic Development at California State University, Fresno.
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We missed him a lot, even though he "boomerangs" most weekends.
Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D.: Parenting Advice: A Father's Pre-Empty Nest Post-Partum Mess
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Did yo 'eber see dem Australian black mans what go around wid a circus t'row dem crooked sticks dey calls boomerangs? "
Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road
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In a heart-wrenching scene, they discuss their options over lunch where Roger boomerangs between scenarios.
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Besides that, every sword fight includes one or two swords that fly around like crazed boomerangs.
Kung Fu Night! Double Feature: The Swordsman II and Chocolate
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The Edmund catalog featured boomerangs, lenses, sextants, chemistry kits, robot parts, gyroscopes and the famous drinking bird, which appeared to be a perpetual-motion machine.
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Besides that, every sword fight includes one or two swords that fly around like crazed boomerangs.
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According to Therese, it's only lucky that the Ryders are peaceful, practising Catholics: If this happened to [notoriously fierce] Warlpiri people, they'd have been coming in in busloads, with spears and boomerangs.
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