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
A sports retail giant has come under fire for misspelling the Welsh word for Wales on its bobble hats.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2024
Having started the play on first base, Pages saw the bobble, then decided to go for the tying run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 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
Granted, it’s early and there’s plenty of time for him to course correct, and his receivers have had several key bobbles and drops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Fujii decorated these with a basic white sugar glaze and silver bobbles.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2023
White poinsettias donned with colorful berries, Chinese lantern pods and bobbles may be all you need for an eye-catching display.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
Dr Ford urged cat owners to keep hair bobbles, hair ties and ribbons away from cats "as they are clearly very tempting to play with, chew and swallow".
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2023
Trees tremble, the old vats are in bobbles, bobbles which shade and shove and render clean, render clean must.
From Geography and Plays by Gertrude Stein
The first season of Feeney ball was a resounding success, despite all the strikeouts and bobbled catches in between.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
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
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
UCLA’s Colson Yankoff was decent in his first game returning kickoffs even while bobbling one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2023
After bobbling the ball, McRoberts hurried the throw to second baseman Colby Lee for the final out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 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
Dismay scrambled for my lap, bobbling the kitchen table on his back.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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