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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobbing (up)
breaking out
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Frustration is boiling over, and fights are breaking out between people struggling to buy rationed supplies of gasoline.
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Toph escapes the clutches of her mother — who poisoned and kidnapped her — by revealing her earthbending powers, breaking out of the metal cage to rejoin Team Avatar.
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“Bobbing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobbing%20%28up%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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