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cab

[kab] / kæb /
NOUN
car for hire
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Consider when Gail and Otto arrive in Hollywood and hop in a cab driven by Richard Kind.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

He echoed the story he’d told the FBI—that he’d learned of the bombing from someone at his apartment—but then said he’d heard about it during a cab ride.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

Mr. Rove’s Nigerian cab driver and mine came from different countries but shared the same conviction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Towards the end of the night, a friend called Gemma a taxi, while another cab was called for Holder.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

When we land, we get in a cab and I drift off into space, pulled into a black hole where light cannot penetrate.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Refusing to give up, Foster had a board mix put together of the first performance and cabbed it to the radio station.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2015

Their daughter told them she "cabbed it" but they say they do not know how she actually traveled cross-country or where she has been staying.

From Seattle Times Jul. 26, 2013

On Thursday night, I cabbed it to my goddaughter’s house in Fort Greene.

From Slate Nov. 12, 2012

It’s like a slower, 1950s version of the real city across that cool bridge we cabbed over last night.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

He sent his telegram, and we cabbed it to Luzatti's.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Morrison, Arthur

The day before E3 officially kicks off this year, I’ll be liveblogging the Ubisoft press conference, then cabbing it over to the L.A.

From Forbes Jun. 2, 2014

Max is a dreamer; a lonely man whose ideal of running a limo service is still unrealised after 12 years of "temporary" cabbing.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be sure, vettura driving is not like cabbing, and Gaetano was in the habit of getting out often and walking up the hills, thus exercising his liver.

From Hawthorne and His Circle by Hawthorne, Julian

"Who's a-goin' to be bullied by any cove because he is a cabbing passinger?" and he gave Blake an almost imperceptible wink.

From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis

I went on cabbing it for a day or so, intending to keep at it until I could save enough to take me back to America.

From A Study in Scarlet by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir




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