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Recent Examples of hobnob Their latest outing about a lonely young space enthusiast hobnobbing with alien galaxy leaders sounds intriguing and, per Pixar’s standards, heartwarming. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 May 2025 Spruill is not only Kelce’s speed trainer, but a friend who has attended many of his games at Arrowhead Stadium in K.C., and even hobnobbed with Kelce’s famous girlfriend, Taylor Swift. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 Rivera was flush with all the currents of Modernism, gargantuan talent, career success, and stories of hobnobbing with fellow legends of the day while barnstorming around Europe. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025 There were other bands playing loudly a few yards to either side of her on the East Austin bar’s outside stages, and the inside room was maybe half-full of hobnobbing festival people. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hobnob
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Verb
  • Cutting an image that contrasted with Ali’s more libertine act, Frazier traveled with his family, including his teenage son, Marvis, an aspiring boxer himself.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The center of the storm is likely to travel outside the cone up to 33% of the time.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Then there's also going to be panel interviews and mingling with the judges again.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Off-schedule, Ralph Lauren invited guests to the brand’s Upper East Side headquarters to present its newest collection, with Oprah Winfrey, Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra and Jessica Chastain among those mingling in the front row.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lifting of some regulatory burdens on businesses does not mean that the risk associated with dangerous work will disappear, or that companies should stop protecting employees from death and injuries.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Some tracks were also observed near the Apollo 17 landing site and areas associated with seismic activity or tectonic features, indicating that moonquakes or impacts may trigger the boulder falls.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
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  • In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength.
    Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • For bourbon lovers, mix up a Gold Rush (all those recipes are below).
    Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • On Tuesday, it was reported that Indian troops had joined a military drill with Russian and Belarusian forces near Minsk, days after Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian airspace.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In doing so Story joined an exclusive club and now has a chance to set MLB history.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
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  • CitizenShipper connects pet owners with drivers who specialize in transporting animals.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The fourth episode depicts him as a negligent and emotionally abusive lover to Satan, further connecting him to the show’s previous portrayals of Saddam Hussein.
    Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The design leans rustic (give or take a couple of Togo chairs), with moss green paneling, tartan upholstery, and wood beams running throughout.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • More advanced methods, including differential privacy and federated learning, allow researchers to collaborate without moving sensitive data outside hospital walls.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Pliops is collaborating with Tensormesh, inference optimization software.
    Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Hobnob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobnob. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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