cobble

Example Sentences

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“In my opinion, the time has come to no longer just try and cobble together programs here and there just to get by,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

It can help people who don’t know how to talk about themselves cobble a few sentences together about their hobbies or spit out some ideas to replace “Bios aren’t my thing.”

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

BLS statisticians will have to cobble together the report after asking businesses and employees well after the fact about who was employed.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

Instead, policymakers have had to rely on an array of private data and state administrative records—as well as regional bank surveys and research—to cobble together a picture of the U.S. economy.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

A person who had no one would be well advised to cobble together some passable ghost.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy