cobbled; cobbling
ˈkä-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The breakup in the state is a setback for India’s opposition unity as Kumar was instrumental in cobbling together an opposition alliance of more than two dozen parties to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national polls due later this year.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
As a result, funding for the American Climate Corps had to be cobbled together from existing funding from seven agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Interior.
—Naveena Sadasivam & Kate Yoder / Grist, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
The pair also devised an ad that showed a motley Beetle constructed of green and beige fenders, a blue hood and a turquoise door, which were cobbled together from models between 1958 and 1964.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And even if Google and Microsoft do use these markers to disclose content made using their own particular AI generators, nothing currently stops political bad actors from cobbling together a deepfake using other open source AI tools and then try to spread it via social media.
—Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
The pledge, as well as the need to cobble together support from multiple parties, is expected to limit Mr. Wilders’s ability to drastically change any pillars of the Dutch government or to push through unconstitutional laws.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
With its illustrious reputation hanging in the balance, the boarding school begins a sweeping public relations campaign that includes cobbling together a two-person Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team more interested in inclusive visuals than actual change.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
And all of these families were able to pull of a magic trick last spring and summer by cobbling together emergency resources to make sure their children are safe and cared for.
—Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
An example is in Ventura at Surfer’s Point, where a living shoreline – a base of cobble on top of sand that uses vegetation to help hold things in place – has helped protect a coastline that was previously suffering from severe erosion.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Lisa Frankenstein, a twist on the classic horror tale that sees a young woman cobble together a corpse and bring him to life, received a B Cinemascore.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024
Determined to turn Dolemite into a blaxploitation karate film starring himself, Rudy cobbles together a screenwriter (Keegan-Michael Key), a celebrated character actor (Wesley Snipes), and a comedian (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), and decides to do it himself.
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Think of cobbles and boulders instead of beachy (sand) bars.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Advertisement Also part of the ICM plan is an artificial underwater reef built of rocks, cobble and sand in fabric containers just beyond the waves between the two headlands, to slow erosive forces and protect the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
There are many kinds of historical stone features – waste piles, cairns, scatters, lines, kilns, gravestones, cobbles, patios and more.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
Verb
The Jack in the Box worker Jauregui, 52, has been cobbling together two salaries, working about 54 hours a week between the restaurant and a laundromat.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The breakup in the state is a setback for India’s opposition unity as Kumar was instrumental in cobbling together an opposition alliance of more than two dozen parties to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national polls due later this year.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
As a result, funding for the American Climate Corps had to be cobbled together from existing funding from seven agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Interior.
—Naveena Sadasivam & Kate Yoder / Grist, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
The pair also devised an ad that showed a motley Beetle constructed of green and beige fenders, a blue hood and a turquoise door, which were cobbled together from models between 1958 and 1964.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
And even if Google and Microsoft do use these markers to disclose content made using their own particular AI generators, nothing currently stops political bad actors from cobbling together a deepfake using other open source AI tools and then try to spread it via social media.
—Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
The pledge, as well as the need to cobble together support from multiple parties, is expected to limit Mr. Wilders’s ability to drastically change any pillars of the Dutch government or to push through unconstitutional laws.
—Claire Moses, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
With its illustrious reputation hanging in the balance, the boarding school begins a sweeping public relations campaign that includes cobbling together a two-person Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team more interested in inclusive visuals than actual change.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
And all of these families were able to pull of a magic trick last spring and summer by cobbling together emergency resources to make sure their children are safe and cared for.
—Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
For starters, only half of American workers even have access to a retirement plan, leaving the rest to cobble together a savings strategy.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
An example is in Ventura at Surfer’s Point, where a living shoreline – a base of cobble on top of sand that uses vegetation to help hold things in place – has helped protect a coastline that was previously suffering from severe erosion.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Lisa Frankenstein, a twist on the classic horror tale that sees a young woman cobble together a corpse and bring him to life, received a B Cinemascore.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2024
Determined to turn Dolemite into a blaxploitation karate film starring himself, Rudy cobbles together a screenwriter (Keegan-Michael Key), a celebrated character actor (Wesley Snipes), and a comedian (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), and decides to do it himself.
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Think of cobbles and boulders instead of beachy (sand) bars.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Advertisement Also part of the ICM plan is an artificial underwater reef built of rocks, cobble and sand in fabric containers just beyond the waves between the two headlands, to slow erosive forces and protect the beach.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2024
There are many kinds of historical stone features – waste piles, cairns, scatters, lines, kilns, gravestones, cobbles, patios and more.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
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