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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 Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 May 2025
  • Here, cops can decompress after a stressful event or take a brief time-out during a draining shift.
    Katja Ridderbusch, NPR, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • As chief human resources officer at BrightStar Care, a national home health care agency, Heather Brazik Smith understands all too well the labor shortage in her industry.
    Adam Stone, USA Today, 27 May 2025
  • Ukrainian fighter jets have struck a base belonging to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in the Belgorod region, killing intelligence officers, according to a report.
    Isabel van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The victim went back to the police six months later, and local detective constable, Mike Smith, led an investigation into what exactly occurred.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 13 May 2025
  • 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

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“Bobby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bobby. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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