Backfires
Returns
Both words in one sentence
- Their nastier side occasionally returns, but they seem more ineffectual about it (cases such as "Pandemic" and "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" where their manipulation backfires onto them).
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This backfires when he's saved and returns to the camp, revealing the cover-up to the Attorney General.
Source: Literature / Holes - When the plot backfires and Howard falls in love with her, he returns to Chad, who shows him his girlfriend lying in his bed.
Source: It Amused Me
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