cobble

Example Sentences

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The blunt-spoken president’s own political skills have rapidly improved, enabling him to cobble together legislative majorities while his own Freedom Advances party remains in the minority.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Now, I’m the one who must cobble together an agenda if I want even a fraction of that payback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

At best, he might just cobble together a deal and ward off immediate defeat in the Assembly.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

Should Mamdani somehow cobble together the hundreds of millions of dollars required annually, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority would have many superior uses for the money.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2025

At least, that's what Lloyd, the older boy that used to cobble shoes back at Rose Hill, told me they looked like.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland