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bob

[bob] / bɒb /


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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

Smith, a 64-year-old who sported a blond bob, had been 16 when she got married in the 1970s.

From Slate May 4, 2026

Team GB capped off a disappointing bobsleigh campaign at the Winter Olympics with a "devastating" seventh-place finish in the four-man bob event.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2026

Pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was stretchered off after the bob hurtled down the track for a good 30 seconds on its side.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

They were covered in a slick moss and tended to bob or rotate alarmingly when stepped on.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

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

Most of us stood very still, as though afraid that if if we bobbed too much, we’d shake the music from our heads.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 25, 2026

He thrashed about for a few seconds and shortly after, the ice saw and spear bobbed up to the surface.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 31, 2026

An AI-generated video shows a crowd of young - mostly black - men, wearing balaclavas and padded jackets, slipping down a water slide into a dirty swimming pool with litter bobbing on the surface.

From BBC Feb. 21, 2026

Those who survived then spent hours bobbing in life jackets or clinging to other floatation devices while awaiting rescue, the 53-year-old lawyer said.

From Barron's Jan. 27, 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

My brain feels like a carousel, spinning around and around and bobbing up and down, and the longer it spins, the harder it becomes to sleep.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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