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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
  • Eya was just 9-years-old when both her parents were shot by hooded, uniformed policemen at around three in the morning in August 2016.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
  • One time, an actor was hired to dress up as a policeman and arrest one of the teens—leaving them in tears.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The new season involves a prison break and follows a criminal group, the Phantom Gang, undertaking more daring heists while being pursued by the cops.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Kids threw popcorn, cheered, and gave a standing ovation, refusing to settle down even as the lights came on and the cops showed up.
    Issy van der Velde, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On arriving, Pembroke Park Police, Hallandale Beach Police and Broward Sheriff’s officers found the six people who had been shot; only Phiinyx Solomon and McKenzie were alive at the time.
    Kathy Laskowski, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The Knights’ chief operating officer then smiled.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The mail carrier was whipped in multiple spots by the tool’s fast-spinning cord during the attack, according to Mark Herman, the constable for Harris County Precinct 4.
    Mark Price, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Last November, a jury rejected his claim that Nowland posed a threat and found the former senior constable guilty of breaching his duty of care by deploying his weapon against the elderly woman, who later died of her injuries.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Bobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobby. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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