cobble

Example Sentences

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She comes only once a week, paid for by whatever funds the clinic can cobble together.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 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

Without Socialist involvement in the next government, Lecornu's best hope is to cobble together a revitalised centrist cabinet with the Republicans - known as the socle commun - or common platform.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

The company is starting to cobble together the equipment it needs for these power plants, but so far it’s an ambitious vision without much physical progress.

From Barron's • Sep. 30, 2025

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

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy