bob
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Smith, a 64-year-old who sported a blond bob, had been 16 when she got married in the 1970s.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Team GB capped off a disappointing bobsleigh campaign at the Winter Olympics with a "devastating" seventh-place finish in the four-man bob event.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
For her sit-down with Shepherd, Huger was styled in a formfitting burnt orange dress, metallic cuffs and a chic bob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
I leap inside and feel the water bob me up and down, up and down.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
On a recent morning, two surfers bobbed up and down on their boards directly in front of the new Club Med.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Hours after that chocolate spread bobbed through the cabin, the Artemis II crew disappeared behind the moon and briefly lost contact with society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Muhar walked beside a pond at the Tejon Spreading Works, where ducks bobbed in the shallow water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Her shoulders bobbed up and down, and she whimpered quietly, every so often wiping her face with the edge of Héctor’s baby blanket.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Scott said, such as head bobbing, swaying and pacing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
Office workers being tossed around their workplaces; cars bobbing in the surf like ice cubes in a punchbowl; skyscrapers waving like reeds in the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
It shows a harbour littered with lobster boxes and boats bobbing in the water, as well as colourful bunting along the dark streets of St Amelia.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
Many benchmark indexes are still bobbing around record highs, and that has many investors concerned about high stock valuations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
The bobbing lights moved to form a chain.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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