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“The war is on and it’s all about amassing the largest army of compelling franchises that you can. They are going to continue to cobble up some properties to build out their own family fare.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2017

So imagine my surprise when Penguin offered me £400,000 and a full editorial team to cobble up a few lame party ideas that would help to promote my family's business, Party Pieces.

From The Guardian Oct. 28, 2012

The time’s at hand again, I see, To cobble up these Christmas lieder, Fit for friend or distant reader.

From The New Yorker Dec. 14, 2009

It is easy, therefore, to anthropomorphize the whale and then cobble up the kind of plot line that runs sluggishly through Orca.

From Time Magazine Archive

He now purposed to cobble up the rent before he started on his quest for the precious work which means the right to live.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John




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