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bobble

[bob-uhl] / ˈbɒb əl /


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bumble
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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

"But I always came back to sleep here even in the cold weather with a bobble hat on and sweater and a woollen blanket."

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

As Muncy’s ball soared to the wall, Brewers center fielder Sal Frelick jumped, got a glove on it, and then — at least it seemed initially — caught it on a bobble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

The final night, even with my own bobble on beam and a not-quite-vertical handstand on bars, I came away with my fourth-straight National Championship win.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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

Fujii decorated these with a basic white sugar glaze and silver bobbles.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023

She came through an elite training camp a few weeks ago with top scores, and the bobbles she experienced Friday were born of rustiness, not of fear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

I decided to use this opportunity to eat the last bits and bobbles in our fridge.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

A 'fool hen' or mountain grouse comes out and bobbles her head at the passing packtrain.

From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Rangers second baseman Justin Foscue bobbled the ball and first baseman Jake Burger couldn’t cleanly field his throw, allowing Walton to advance from second to score the game-winning run.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 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

There was still an opportunity for someone to keep it out, but the ball bobbled past a sea of black and white shirts and crept past Ramsdale, who was slow to react.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

My beam performance in the event final wasn’t quite as golden: I’d bobbled on my front tuck and would have fallen all the way off the beam if I hadn’t grabbed it with both hands.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

More groans from home supporters followed as Maxime Lucu just beat the grasping fingers of White to a bobbling ball in the scoring zone.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024

His oxygen levels were bobbling up and down, the device attached to his finger showed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

He also hit redshirt freshman wideout Denzel Boston for a diving, bobbling 50-yard strike, despite tight coverage from cornerback Thaddeus Dixon.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

It's an unmistakable image of the Disney+ show: Mando in his silver armor and face-shielding helmet and Grogu bobbling along, behind or beside with his own gleaming protective hovercraft.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023

And all the while Mr. Russell was playing Copland downstairs, and the stupid puffins were bobbling about in the water, sweetly and beautifully.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt




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