nabbed
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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
The law enforcement push, which analysts have criticised as window-dressing, nabbed its biggest player with the January arrest of Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, who was extradited to China.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 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
From the drugstore, he had walked to a deli, and as he was leaving, the FBI nabbed him.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
