cabby
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After moving to DeKalb, Ill., west of Chicago, to be closer to his brother, he worked as a cabby and as an Uber driver.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2022
Mr. Simon, 61, a former cabby and parking-lot manager who immigrated from Haiti at 13 and started showing symptoms of schizophrenia in his 30s, will probably spend the rest of his life locked away.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
The cabby was talkative, and we quickly struck up a conversation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2020
The cabby makes a few other attempts to get a conversation going, but Alicia just nods or murmurs a little, so the guy gives up and punches up a country station on the radio.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
An amble through the neighborhood showcases a variety of places, often packed with locals, tourists, cabbies and third-shift workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He said it was too early to asses the long-term impact but if prices remained high, "cabbies are going to have to work longer hours to make the money up".
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
It was a unicorn software company, one that didn’t employ cabbies, but rather facilitated the connection of a driver to an independent contractor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Transit workers like train engineers, bus drivers, cabbies, and rideshare workers get passengers to the airport, while parking attendants and shuttle drivers help millions of others navigate arrival.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
Many college graduates were forced to work as cabbies or waitresses after graduation, but they retained the confidence of a public identity.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
