bob
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"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
“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
The two had a romance in the postcard-perfect city, where high-rise condos climb hillsides as fishing boats bob off the coast—all framed by the Sierra Madre mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Then my hand flew to my hair, the shingled bob, the declaration of a new woman.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
And by the 1920s, women with bobbed hair came to represent female independence and rebellion.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 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
Muhar walked beside a pond at the Tejon Spreading Works, where ducks bobbed in the shallow water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Shares of the electric-vehicle maker bobbed around early Friday, and were recently up 0.2% at $436.82, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
Jonah’s head bobbed up and down like a ball atop a spring.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Rangers were bobbing and weaving and finding their range.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Scott said, such as head bobbing, swaying and pacing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 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
Poppet nods solemnly, clouds of red hair bobbing in waves.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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