bob
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Roan appeared from the back of stage, revealing her leather, periwinkle stewardess outfit and red mod bob — an apparent nod to Luc Besson’s 1997 film “The Fifth Element.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"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
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
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
"I want you to trim this one’s hair, please,” she said, pointing to Anne, "and to bob the hair of the others.”
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
On a recent morning, two surfers bobbed up and down on their boards directly in front of the new Club Med.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
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
Lights bobbed on the path behind them as their pursuers sped up.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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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
The video, taken by boaters, shows a forested patch of land that appeared to be bobbing in the water.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But the vehicle remained intact, bobbing along with the currents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Scott said, such as head bobbing, swaying and pacing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
I jab a spoon in my cereal, which has absorbed so much milk that the pieces look like bloated life jackets bobbing in a speckled ocean.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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