British

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Recent Examples of bobby His mother and her sisters, wearing sunglasses and bobby soxer skirts and sweaters. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024 There will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence. Will Knight, Wired, 25 Jan. 2020 The great theme of the recent Tory conference was providing reassurance—putting more bobbies on the beat, building more hospitals, raising the minimum wage and otherwise spraying money all over the place. The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019 The 65-year-old actor plays Moose, a childlike man who appears to eke out a living as a Hollywood street performer, portraying a mustachioed British bobby on the sidewalks of Tinseltown, collecting tips from tourists. Michael O'Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019 See All Example Sentences for bobby
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobby
Noun
  • Today’s policed are tomorrow’s policemen.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The actors tells the stories of the deceased, including cattleman and 6666 ranch owner Samuel Burk Burnett, and the city’s first Black policeman, Hagar Tucker.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The cops showed up and arrested him for God knows what, but Lee definitely didn’t serve four days and one morning for protesting apartheid or being gay in Victorian England.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Silver family is comprised of Boston District Attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben), Boston PD Detective Lena Silver, Police Superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner) and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson).
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has taken up the anti-immigrant campaign aggressively, deputizing law-enforcement officers to assist ICE in its roundups.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • One person was killed and three others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Pala early Sunday morning, according to California Highway Patrol officers.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Randles plays Elle Hardy, a senior constable assigned to reinvestigating the case.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The county then introduced a budget proposal that cut the sheriff’s salary in half and the constable’s salary by 75 percent, to $31,000.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Bobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobby. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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