bobble
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"The subtle colour of a tie or hair bobble… all of these are signals that allow the wearer to symbolically share their cultural and ideological positions," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In Wednesday’s slalom, Shiffrin laid down a vintage first run in 47.13 seconds that gave her a lead of 0.82 seconds, despite a bobble halfway down the course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
At third base, Hernández tagged up once, then again after seeing Frelick’s bobble, before finally breaking for home plate as the Brewers relayed the ball in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
Some of the suspected hoaxes, like the rescued hedgehog that turned out to be a hat bobble and the North Korean row over Alan Titchmarsh's trousers were actually real.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024
One time this caused her to bobble the vial, and she had to snatch it in midair before it hit the second-floor landing and shattered.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
An exception is a small Loewe bucket bag inspired by Josef’s early glass assemblage experiments when he was a Bauhaus student, which abounds with glass bobbles and haptic surprise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
The ball bobbles in front of Sophie Baggaley but she is able to tip it around the post for a corner.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
Fujii decorated these with a basic white sugar glaze and silver bobbles.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023
In less than five minutes, the Purple Team was up 4-0 through well-placed hits and bobbles by the Batters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Her lavish charms, her beaming manner, her clear blue eye, milky complexion, reddish hair, and the large bobbles and beads with which she insisted upon decorating herself made Howard Cannon's nickname of Cornucopia exquisitely right.
From Who Cares? a story of adolescence by Cosmo Hamilton
With two outs in the fourth, center fielder Andy Pages bobbled Jasson Domínguez’s double in right-center field, giving him time to get to third.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Angels’ Adam Frazier bobbled a throw from shortstop Zach Neto, allowing the Athletics to score and steal a 3-2 win in 10 innings on Thursday at Angel Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
Lyon goalkeeper Christiane Endler should have collected Mariona Caldentey's free-kick as it bobbled towards her, but the presence of Blackstenius put her off and she fumbled the ball backwards.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
We struggled so hard to handle Cuba, and bobbled it so often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
As he grappled with the table, the brilliant red bird bobbled slightly and raised her wings for balance, chirping irritably.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
With the way the park is, the ball is bobbling about everywhere.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
After bobbling the ball, McRoberts hurried the throw to second baseman Colby Lee for the final out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
His oxygen levels were bobbling up and down, the device attached to his finger showed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Tagovailoa opened training camp Wednesday by tossing a deep ball to receiver Jaylen Waddle, who made a bobbling catch over safety Jevon Holland for a 40-yard completion.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
A little one, bobbling about, with the mast fallen off?
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
