How to pronounce “hobbs” in English

I'm now quoting Hobbs.

Another one up there is Hobbs Act robbery.

So we stopped the whole criminal enterprise using that statute-- the Hobbs Act robbery statute.

And his first consultant was a guy from California named Paul Hobbs.

He interviewed a good friend of mine, Angie Hobbs, who's a philosopher who does that stuff.

We were able to charge him with the Hobbs Act robbery, because he was interfering in interstate commerce.

And here, later writings on the science of politics and especially, I think, Hobbs probably has him in mind in "Leviathan" when he introduces

So like speaking of social, Hobbs talked about social contract.

It turns out that after I made this acquisition, this other company, Hilb Rogal & Hobbs, had five offices in Chicago.