boomeranged

past tense of boomerang
as in collapsed
to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect the well-meaning gesture boomeranged, since he ended up being offended by it

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Recent Examples of boomeranged The most blatant of those on Sunday was Kelce converting a great opportunity into a play that boomeranged the other way. Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
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Verb
  • Also, two barns and one home were reportedly struck by lightning in Rogersville, Missouri, which started a small fire on the barn and partially collapsed the porch of the home.
    Shawnie Caslin Martucci, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • And 95% of firms who have implemented AI pilots have flopped.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The film flopped theatrically when it was released in 1993, but became a cult classic and staple during the Halloween season and at drag shows.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • The gambit backfired as voters looked to the extremes of the left and right for leadership, depriving Macron's governing centrists of a majority.
    John Toher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The gamble backfired and his centrist bloc lost seats to both extremes, leaving France with a three-way split parliament and a government that could not pass major legislation.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Boomeranged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boomeranged. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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