'boomerang' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to a curved, flat object used as a weapon or toy in Australia and elsewhere, or as a verb to refer to something that returns to the point of origin after being sent away or thrown. Example sentence: John used his boomerang to knock down the can in the tree.
The rulings could boomerang, encouraging the growth of a federal bureaucracy to pursue cases through the courts which until now have mostly been brought by individuals and businesses.
Marc Ambinder points outHillary Clinton has a Reverse-Teflon problem: her negatives are up, and when she's perceived as the attacker, the attacks never seem to settle on Obama and always seem to boomerang back on her.
And perhaps much of the improvement was due to Cambodia having a relatively open economy and thus enjoying more rapid growth, rather than a result of its many development projects.PNG's prime minister, Sir Michael Somare, affects cynicism about Australia's donations, calling them "boomerang aid": ie, money that mostly returns to the pockets of Australian consultants and bureaucrats.
The Weirton story shows that, if you promise people "fair trade", they will expect to be protected from the more irrational vicissitudes of the world economy; and that this expectation will, in the end, boomerang.
Michael Dell has been battling to stem his company's decline in his second incarnation as CEO, though there are a few signs that things are turning around.Only as good as their latest roleMr Lafley and Mr Ullman will be well aware that the record for boomerang bosses is distinctly mixed.
On April 15th the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN body, flew in to investigate a series of dangerous incidents.In this section Birthday blues Don't look now Resources boomerang Stubborn facts on the ground Horn of scarcity ReprintsA power outage in March left four underground pools that store thousands of the plant's nuclear fuel rods without fresh cooling water for several hours.
Africa is a place where expedience trumps moral niceties, and where benevolence reliably boomerangs with the most woeful of consequences: nothing is so dangerous as a righteous man.The plot involves a Christian aid organisation that buys and liberates black slaves captured by northern Sudanese Arabs during rapacious raids on southern villages.
The Aboriginals used two kinds of boomerangs and many varieties of boomerang-shaped clubs.
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.
The boomerangs, totem poles and other gifts lavished on the queen during her tours distract only briefly from the 60-year-old electrical system.
Empty promises When Cory's gone Riding the rails Playing for the other team Bye-bye boomerangs Driving them out of business Smart ALEC Correction: Virginia ReprintsOther concessions are cosmetic.
