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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
  • The second Trump administration looks set to entirely do away the role of world policeman, and cynics might say, replace it with the role for rent collector.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • His son Flávio had been found to be paying a salary to the wife and the mother of a fugitive policeman who was wanted for running a murder-for-hire operation.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Among them is 9-1-1: Nashville, the latest from the Ryan Murphy cop universe.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 May 2025
  • When Alma’s inventor is murdered, Salia and Zem, two cops from different zones who are polar opposites, are forced to collaborate on the investigation.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Lawyers for the Harris County traffic cop said missteps by an officer prior to an escalating event do not strip them of the right to self-defense thereafter.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 16 May 2025
  • The search operation has included officers knocking on doors and requesting residents to give DNA samples to see if there are any relations to the babies.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The Center Township constable's office has made headlines in recent years because of scandals surrounding former constable Denise Hatch.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Nov. 2024

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“Bobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobby. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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