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
  • Not only that, but USC rose to that level in a still-unfinished stadium, without anything resembling the NIL firepower that other college baseball teams, particularly in the SEC and ACC, are wielding.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • In total, Fort Worth ISD’s number of graduates who met CCMR criteria rose from 3,772 during the 2022-23 school year to just over 4,000 for the 2023-24 school year.
    Samuel O’Neal June 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 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 14 Jun. 2026.

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