nabbed
Example Sentences
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Yamamoto swung around and tossed the ball to Alex Freeland, who nabbed Marsh’s hands.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
It acquired Canada’s largest spice firm in 1959, and nabbed a California-based vegetable dehydrating plant in 1961.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
He got nabbed after almost 14 years on the lam, some of them spent teaching scuba in Egypt.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
Their team – all dressed in tasselled cowboy outfits – have nabbed the prize for best-dressed, tying with another team decked out in pink nighties and platinum blonde wigs.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
A rising starlet who, despite her years, had already nabbed a series of covetable roles beside the titans of the stage vanished without a trace after the opening night of Di Shturem: The Yiddish Tempest.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
