nobbling

Example Sentences

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Is this the version of the Tom Hanks movie where Captain Sully Sullenberger spends the first act nobbling the engines?

From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2019

I seem to remember Iceland winning after nobbling Zaire's Pelé-like talisman, who played in bare feet.

From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2013

By nobbling Flood, South Africa removed England's most experienced player from the match.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012

The track's under a glass shield to stop you nobbling the horses.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Their first success was the nobbling of "The Observer's" senior reporter.

From Grey Town An Australian Story by Baldwin, Gerald