bob
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“I’m not going to bob and weave about context, the joke was dumb, the fandom is not. I owe them an explanation and a genuine reflection of my actual feelings.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 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
As for the spy who skied down a bob run, Bond would spend less time practicing winter sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
The weave and bob of the ship made her stomach churn.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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