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bob

[bob] / bɒb /


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"So there's a lot that's not great about an Oscar. And you don't get any money. They could give you a few bob with it, at least," she joked.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

During our Zoom, with the background carefully faded behind her wavy blond bob, she promises that she doesn’t just copy and paste her subjects and settings from what sells.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Crude oil moved from Los Angeles, where pumpjacks bob around the city, to a refinery near San Francisco.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 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

I bob my head up and down—Yes, thank you, I’d appreciate that.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.

From BBC Jun. 3, 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

He slipped out of a Zodiac boat and shot a few photos as he bobbed in the chilly sea.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

With her brown bobbed haircut and round sunglasses, Pelicot has become an international feminist symbol, inspiring a change to French rape laws and a public reckoning with the problem of drugging women.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

We are ditching our Sociology Seminar, and Kara is filling every space with nervous chatter, and when she laughs her black bobbed hair shakes like a skirt at her shoulders.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Erling Haaland's bobbing blonde hair is usually one of the easiest things to spot on a football pitch.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Scott said, such as head bobbing, swaying and pacing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

The first rescue vessels arrived at around 3:30 am, Sajili said, although those bobbing in the water faced a longer wait.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

“You can’t hear it without tapping a toe, bobbing a head or getting up and doing the full choreography,” said Will Coss, executive producer of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

Zed threw a few fake punches and zipped his feet back and forth like he was bobbing and weaving to avoid an opponent in the ring.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen




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