bobble
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In Wednesday’s slalom, Shiffrin laid down a vintage first run in 47.13 seconds that gave her a lead of 0.82 seconds, despite a bobble halfway down the course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
As Muncy’s ball soared to the wall, Brewers center fielder Sal Frelick jumped, got a glove on it, and then — at least it seemed initially — caught it on a bobble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
Ryan Christie's corner, a bobble about and a smack into the Greek net.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
And I’m not going to make any excuses for college presidents who bobble this issue.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
She leaned over the counter, which was lined with dozens of little statues—waving Chinese cats, meditating Buddhas, Saint Francis bobble heads, and novelty dippy drinking birds with top hats.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
An exception is a small Loewe bucket bag inspired by Josef’s early glass assemblage experiments when he was a Bauhaus student, which abounds with glass bobbles and haptic surprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Fujii decorated these with a basic white sugar glaze and silver bobbles.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023
“Maybe in the short term there were some bobbles, but you don’t really see a widespread issue there either,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
No way center fielder Chris Taylor bobbles the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
And he bobbles about on the waves, Brave boys!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, April 9, 1892 by Various
Simpson connected with rookie tight end Max Klare on his first pass, but he bobbled a high snap on the next play and a hurried pass fell incomplete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ward bobbled the ball as he picked it up for the relay home and a close play at the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler should have collected Mariona Caldentey's free-kick as it bobbled towards her, but the presence of Blackstenius put her off and she fumbled the ball backwards.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
We struggled so hard to handle Cuba, and bobbled it so often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
When he talked, the cigar bobbled up and down, and little Willy wondered why the ash didn’t fall off the end of it.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
More groans from home supporters followed as Maxime Lucu just beat the grasping fingers of White to a bobbling ball in the scoring zone.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
His oxygen levels were bobbling up and down, the device attached to his finger showed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
It's an unmistakable image of the Disney+ show: Mando in his silver armor and face-shielding helmet and Grogu bobbling along, behind or beside with his own gleaming protective hovercraft.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
He scored two plays after a wide-open Scotty Miller caught a 22-yard pass and went down while bobbling the ball at the 5.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
And all the while Mr. Russell was playing Copland downstairs, and the stupid puffins were bobbling about in the water, sweetly and beautifully.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
