Hobbs

[ hobz ]

/ hɒbz /

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noun

a city in New Mexico.

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Words nearby Hobbs

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How to use Hobbs in a sentence

After being in Denver City, things seemed emptier than ever at the Hobbs high school complex — in normal times, the center of communal life in Hobbs.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica
When Kooper was the only boy at Hobbs to make the Junior National Honors Society alongside 20 girls, Espinoza asked him if it felt weird.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica
I arrived in Hobbs two days later, just in time for the memorial inside Christian Center Church.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica
From Hobbs to the Texas towns of Seminole and Denver City is a half-hour drive — next door, by the standards of the vast Southwestern plains.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica

Even with fall sports canceled, the Hobbs school district, with almost 10,000 students, was still hoping to open the new school year for as much in-person instruction as possible.
The Lost Year: What the Pandemic Cost Teenagers|by Alec MacGillis, photography by Celeste Sloman|March 8, 2021|ProPublica
We will not be able to win it back any more easily or swiftly that Roy Hobbs.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone|Nick Gillespie|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The most affordable item of Middleton's was a dress from British retailer Hobbs, which cost $58.
Dolce & Gabbana Sentenced to Prison (Again); Kate Middleton's Royal Tour Wardrobe Cost $65K|The Fashion Beast Team|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is also the Virginia Hobbs Carpenter Fellow in Journalism at Stanford's Hoover Institution.
A Triumphantly Unmemorable Address|Tunku Varadarajan|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Captain Hobbs, of the 3rd Artillery, was shot through the thigh at night, and only the next morning saw the nature of the wound.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Without the least knowledge of their force, Hobbs instantly gave them a well directed fire, which checked their impetuosity.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
"Off there," replied young Hobbs, pointing to the north-west.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
Donovan and Weymouth and Hobbs were occupied the rest of the forenoon skinning it.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
Donovan and Hobbs tugged away at it; one foot—two feet—three feet.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for Hobbs

Hobbs

/ (hɒbz) /

noun

Sir John Berry, known as Jack Hobbs. 1882–1963, English cricketer: scored 197 centuries

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