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
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
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
“You promised us voodoo,” a girl by the brooms whined, fingers twined in her stringy bob.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
So in 1992, wearing flares, a bottle green jacket and a yellow headband over her bobbed blonde hair, van Heel appeared on the hit ITV programme.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 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
The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 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
Andeg preened his feathers, very glad to be so warm, bobbed his sleek head, and blinked his brilliant eyes.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Erling Haaland's bobbing blonde hair is usually one of the easiest things to spot on a football pitch.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Wearing black Swig shirts, the crew swiftly mixed drinks with bobbing limes and swirling cream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Many benchmark indexes are still bobbing around record highs, and that has many investors concerned about high stock valuations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
The foreground is a scar of denuded earth, storage tanks and bobbing pumpjacks — the legacy of oil discovered a century ago when only farmhouses were scattered over the surrounding flatlands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
He closes his eyes, his body bouncing, his head bobbing in time to the music running in his head.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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