tapped

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Tortorella tapped newcomer Carter Hart, who rewarded his coach’s faith with six straight wins to close the regular season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

That’s why Fidelity, one of several financial-services firms tapped to handle retail allocation, said Thursday that it would make the IPO available to customers with as little as $2,000 in a retail brokerage account.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, county prosecutor John McKinney tapped into voter frustration with homeless encampments, a blighted downtown and general distrust of City Hall to pull off a last-minute heist of the second runoff spot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Newly installed CBS News chief Bari Weiss fired a string of staff at the news programme last week, including its longtime executive producer, and tapped a new editor, Nick Bilton, with no broadcast news experience.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

He knew any phone in Russia could be tapped.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin