BOBBED (UP) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

bobbed (up)

verb

past tense of bob (up)

as in shot (up)

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The fire broke out in a building on Harlem Avenue near Le Moyne Street.

— Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Investigators allege the violence began after two cars entered a parking lot and a fight involving about 10 people broke out.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
The weather service issued flood watches through Monday afternoon for a large swath of Utah, southeast Idaho, and northern and central Arizona, including the Grand Canyon.

— JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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Shohei Ohtani emerged from the visiting dugout at American Family Field with a bat in his hand, and the mass of media members scattered in foul territory up the third-base line shifted his way, pulled by the magnetic force that is Ohtani’s stardom.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Olive green emerged at Tibi, Joseph, and Acne Studios, offering a welcome alternative to the burgundy and chocolate brown that dominated previous seasons.

— Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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His family, like many Lebanese Jews, left as anti-Jewish sentiment rose after the 1967 war between Israel and Arab countries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Then mines started to close and unemployment rose, and its owner, an elderly Italian named Netta Cavalli, was beaten in her shop and died soon after.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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