bobs (up)

Definition of bobs (up)next
present tense third-person singular of bob (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bobs (up)
Verb
  • Body camera video shows Graham running from the deputy as a struggle breaks out.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • At times, yes, when a football match breaks out between all of those stoppages.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What emerges is a solar market that is no longer experimental, but operational at scale, economically durable, and structurally embedded in the global energy system.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Turned to music, his body emerges from the ditch and now the dust is beautiful, a labyrinth of intersecting crossroads.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • In the case of states enacting AI laws, by and large, they are conventionally limited to governing only AI that arises within their geographic boundaries.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The scandal arises out of alleged illicit on-the-job contact between state troopers assigned to the State Office Building on Capitol Avenue in Hartford and a member of the private firm that provides security at the 95-year-old headquarters for a variety of state agencies.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Bobs (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobs%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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