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bob

[bob] / bɒb /


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When asked directly if this series was his final bow, he laughed: "I think so, unless someone offers me a few bob to go back and do something else."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

As if to distinguish herself further from the sea of Fox News look- and think-alikes, she cut her long blond waves into a modest bob.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

It prompts us, as we bob about, to reflect on our own proclivities and preconceptions, our patterns of reception and perception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Tall and willowy, she wore glasses and the same short brown bob she had as a teenager.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“You promised us voodoo,” a girl by the brooms whined, fingers twined in her stringy bob.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

Off a Mediterranean beach, countless shoes bobbed in the blue waters, abandoned by migrants who had swum to this slice of Spanish territory along the Strait of Gibraltar, just off the coast of Morocco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

So in 1992, wearing flares, a bottle green jacket and a yellow headband over her bobbed blonde hair, van Heel appeared on the hit ITV programme.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

Tesla stock has bobbed up and down for a while, with investors looking for concrete news about its AI applications.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Pink poodles with long black eyelashes danced in a can-can line, a quartet of googly-eyed cacti bobbed along to the music and a trio of small white dogs galloped on the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

Håkon bobbed his head from side to side.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The TV cameras didn’t help matters, at one point finding a lone Chargers fan amid an ocean of Raiders fans, a blue dot bobbing in a silver-and-black sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Debris remains scattered across the water, including a black wheelie suitcase bobbing on the surface and a sheet of steel that appeared to have broken away from the ferry.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

But the vehicle remained intact, bobbing along with the currents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

In September 2023, she held a news conference dressed as Monroe — bright red lipstick, bobbing blond hair — urging the City Council to declare it a landmark.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

Scruffy, a checkered blue bow bobbing in his fur, prances up to the Four Paws Spa's arched grand entryway, where the Japanese prime minister's cat is secretly being held hostage by the evil Dr. Loofah.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein




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