Something between a sob and a siren, it is how Lamby expresses a doleful emotion that he experiences roughly twice a day.

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Bridey laughed, and then it turned into something like a sob.

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"I've been working in Dahab 14 years, " he added in a controlled sob.

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When a heavily indebted state like California or Illinois defaults in 2012 or 2013, the American people will not be tricked into a bailout with sob stories of laid-off teachers.

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Jimmy Jellinek, the editorial director of Playboy, said Mr. Flanders could sometimes be a "terrible SOB, " but he's never seen him cross the line into unprofessional behavior, attributing the shift in company culture to the fact that the company went from being public to being backed by the "Wild West" world of private equity.

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Stevens once described himself as a "mean, miserable SOB" and is known to don an "Incredible Hulk" tie when he is bruising for a fight.

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In 2001, a student software developer was told by Apple support that, despite his sob story about dropping the hard drive connected to his laptop causing damage, they couldn't resolve an issue that resulted from physical abuse.

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Though it broadcasts some of Britain s most popular shows, including the prime time sob fest Coronation Street, XFactor and Dancing On Ice, it has struggled amidst a fragmenting media landscape with myriad new digital channels to compete against.

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