as in collapsing
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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Mayor Eric Adams, in joining supporters of a ban, cited safety concerns in the increasingly crowded green space, including incidents in recent years of horses collapsing and dying on the job or breaking free from their drivers and running loose in the park.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025 -
By April, Vernier was taking as much as 500 milligrams a day and said his life was collapsing.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Sep. 2025
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Still quieter than the music playing and the grunts of the adults flopping, the yelling of Tap and You okay?—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Godfather director steals the show here as an energetic, pugnacious and visionary circus ringleader who put his money where his mouth was for a project that wound up flopping critically and commercially.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Still, some economists say the administration’s chaotic trade strategy is backfiring in at least two ways.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Propping up unpopular regional governments risks backfiring on Gulf Arab leaders in one of two ways.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Boomeranging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boomeranging. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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