bobbed
Example Sentences
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He slipped out of a Zodiac boat and shot a few photos as he bobbed in the chilly sea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
With her brown bobbed haircut and round sunglasses, Pelicot has become an international feminist symbol, inspiring a change to French rape laws and a public reckoning with the problem of drugging women.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 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
The specific origins of apple bobbing — and who first bobbed for apples — remain mysteries to this day.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
His head bobbed slowly, an eyebrow raised in confusion.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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