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It was a long 100-day shoot, sitting in an emotional state that it’s like an open tab always for the entire length of the shoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Most of the loss was ultimately passed on to gas users in Germany, with the state also picking up some of the tab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Because that’s expensive, she’s asking everyone who attends to pay her $80 to help cover the tab.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The streamer is the latest to integrate a tab for vertical videos into its interface, following Netflix, Prime Video and more.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
As each song or activity is completed, you or the child can pull off the tab and put it in a folder marked “All done.”
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Family dynamics run deep, and sorting through the complications involved in restricting a connection to the outside world or keeping tabs on an older person will look different for every household.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Jones often has about 50 tabs open on his computer at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It comes with an app so you can keep tabs on its performance, and the ability to automatically run during off-peak electricity hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
The labour ministry stresses that it will keep tabs on companies to ensure they take measures to protect the wellbeing of employees.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
She pinched the tabs and pushed the screen up.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Some investors like to speculate about potential additions, presuming that stocks tabbed to join the index will get short-term boosts, as funds tracking the S&P 500 will be forced to take positions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
The NBA tabbed the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to lead a probe into the Clippers following reporting from the podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out last September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Santa Monica State Beach was tabbed to be the L.A. home for Olympic beach volleyball since the organizing committee’s first bid in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
Merrick Garland, a distinguished appellate court judge and Barack Obama's ill-fated 2016 pick for the Supreme Court, was tabbed for attorney general.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
A quick search in the database pulled up the exact same book, and I tabbed through to the first page, making sure the words were enlarged as much as possible.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Kind of like collecting Pokémon, except instead of collecting Pokémon, I’m tabbing birds in my guide book.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
They had lost in the divisional round in 2012 but had finished the season in a fashion that had many tabbing them as a Super Bowl favorite in 2013.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
New USC athletic director Jennifer Cohen made a tremendous hire tabbing DeBoer to be the Huskies’ head man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
I careened across the internet like a drunk, tabbing: small-space decoration ideas; author interviews; videos of cake frosting; Renaissance paintings with feminist captions.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2020
I dumped my valises, horned into that bunch, picked her off the truck and carried her away on my shoulder, while the professor yelled at me, and the other ginks were tabbing up their additions.
From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan
