bobbed (up)

past tense of bob (up)

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Verb
  • While a bus was lit on fire in Belfast, a police car in the town of Portadown was set ablaze as sporadic pockets of disorder broke out into other parts of Northern Ireland.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 June 2026
  • However, Johnson said, police were unprepared to sustain a response on foot as multiple fights broke out in different areas of the festival Saturday night.
    Ilana Arougheti June 10, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Justin Baldoni's lawyer issued a scathing statement after a judge ruled that Blake Lively was entitled to recover attorney and litigation fees.
    Janelle Ash , Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • Superintendent Brian Blake and Principal Jonathan Mitchell issued a joint two-page statement Friday disputing the parents' version of events that led to the forfeit.
    Mike Toole, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Video has emerged that appears to counter the Israeli military’s account of an incident in which a soldier opened fire on a car carrying a family and killed their 7-month-old baby Sam Abu Haikal.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 12 June 2026
  • The zoning maneuvers have emerged in the wake of IBM’s decision to shut the Almaden complex and move its researchers and workers a few miles away to IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab at 555 Bailey Rd.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • Two Canada geese and six gangly brown-suède goslings walked among the refuse, while in the near distance the truck horns and the protesters’ chants rose up.
    Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The deal comes after the Consumer Price Index in May rose to its highest level in more than three years, with energy prices accounting for more than 60% of the monthly inflation increase.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 June 2026
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“Bobbed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobbed%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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