as in disturbances
a state of noisy, confused activity
proponents of a silent birth believe that the bobbery that accompanies most births is harmful to the newborn
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobberies
Noun
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Before Cassini’s mission, astronomers believed that gravitational disturbances inflicted by neighbor Neptune’s orbit caused Saturn’s tilt over time.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 2026 -
This would have allowed a pilot to keep flying for hours, without disturbances.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Feb. 2026
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Over the past year, men’s ski jumping has been marred by Norway’s cheating scandal and more recent genital manipulation rumors, which has become one of the early commotions of the Milano-Cortina Games.—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Segun and Monica came up together in the DEI rackets.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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His interpretation of Baccarat’s Zenith chandelier is to be sold as a one-off art piece, complete with its scaffolding crate decorated with old keyboards, sunglasses and badminton rackets.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Repeat this process several times as the plants grow, keeping a couple of inches between rows of string.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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Here is the City of Boston's entire database (25,000 and then some rows long).—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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The Beats Studio Pro headphones truly block out any distracting noises, allowing wearers to connect to in-flight entertainment comfortably and sleep without interruption.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2026
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Connecticut, while not seismically active, does have one area around the southeastern town of Moodus that gets tiny earthquakes (as well as noises that seem to accompany them).—
Jan Ellen Spiegel,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2026
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About two couples, connected and dependent on one another, raising their kids alongside each other, facing the same turmoils, the same existential questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Mayer and Strong offer a broad pop-history lesson, in which the same tensions and turmoils churn on and on in their terrible cycle throughout the decades; the only thing that’s changed are the aesthetics.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Though both storms are similar — with a major storm system lingering over the region for over a day and whipping the region with merciless hurricane-level winds, driving inch after inch of wet snow — what made the 1978 storm so devastating was the apparent suddenness of its arrival.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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McPhail said Home Depot's business was relatively stable throughout the year, including in the fourth quarter, when adjusting for storms.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some might have escaped during hurricanes that damaged reptile facilities.—
Sergio Candido,
Miami Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Now, a new federal bill with bipartisan support has been introduced to beef up emergency preparedness for pets in the event of natural disasters like wildfires or hurricanes.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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