cobbled; cobbling
ˈkä-b(ə-)liŋ 
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chiefly British
: to mend or patch coarsely
3
: to make or put together roughly or hastily
—often used with together or up
cobble together an agreement
cobble up a temporary solution
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Examples of cobble in a Sentence
Verb
expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy
Noun
a street paved with cobbles
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Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Both actions suggest that the administration might attempt to cobble together a new vaccine advisory committee in the coming weeks or months, which could address the new flu and COVID vaccines, Dorit Reiss, a vaccine-law expert at UC Law San Francisco, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
As a rider, Hammond was a cobbles specialist, the Briton a third-place finisher at Paris-Roubaix in 2004.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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Verb
The grading and retrofit are funded with a $120 million cobbled by the county from local, state and federal sources to prepare a clean slate for investors large and small to build out the vision of the plan.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Both actions suggest that the administration might attempt to cobble together a new vaccine advisory committee in the coming weeks or months, which could address the new flu and COVID vaccines, Dorit Reiss, a vaccine-law expert at UC Law San Francisco, told me.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
Noun
Instead of the usual intercontinental ballistic missiles, tanks and missile systems rolling across the cobbles of Red Square, Russia played a video of its military hardware in action on giant screens opposite the Kremlin walls.
—Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026
As a rider, Hammond was a cobbles specialist, the Briton a third-place finisher at Paris-Roubaix in 2004.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 9 May 2026
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“Cobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cobble. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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