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Examples of cobble in a Sentence
expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy
Recent Examples of cobble from the Web
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But Brown and Democratic leaders were able to cobble together the two-thirds support needed in both chambers to extend the law through 2030.
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The 86-year-old, who has wielded friendly guile to cobble together signature acquisitions, is now facing the choice of sweetening the deal to please a hedge fund, picking a fight or walking away.
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Setting up multi-specialty groups, especially cobbling them together from existing practices as Arch has done, is always expensive.
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As the first four minutes are supposedly telling us, Spider-Man is a homemade, cobbled-together hero.
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The change in tone has become apparent since May lost her majority and had to cobble together a working arrangement with a Northern Irish party.
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The leader aimed to cobble together a coalition of 50 GOP senators who would vote yes on the bill and deploy Vice President Pence to break the tie.
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As senators took to the airwaves Sunday, there were developments behind the scenes as GOP leaders made calls and worked to cobble together votes.
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As senators took to the airwaves Sunday, there were developments behind the scenes as GOP leaders made calls and worked to cobble together votes.
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Origin and Etymology of cobble
Middle English coblen, perhaps back-formation from cobelere cobbler
cobble
Definition of cobble
1 : cobblestone
2 cobbles plural, chiefly British : lump coal about the size of small cobblestones
Examples of cobble in a Sentence
a street paved with cobbles
Recent Examples of cobble from the Web
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The 38 acres of perfect mix of cobbles, gravel and sand produce 5,000 cases a year.
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Scattered around the site were flakes that seem to have been chipped off the cobbles, as though someone had struck the rocks against another solid object.
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The cobbles that served as hammerstones and anvils, then, could not have entered the layer by natural means.
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The attacker fell to the cobbles just yards from the entrance to 1,000-year-old Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the parliamentary complex, busy with visitors and school groups.
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The shoreline has gone from rough cobbles that looked like a lunar landscape to a fine sand that rivals any beach in the Northwest.
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First Known Use of cobble
1600
COBBLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of cobble for English Language Learners
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: to make (something) by putting together different parts in a quick way
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: to make or repair (shoes)
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