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cab

[kab] / kæb /
NOUN
car for hire
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With the gentle, comforting strains of Lou Reed’s 1972 ballad “Perfect Day” playing atop the sound mix, Renton gets dumped in a cab, then thrown on the ground at a hospital entrance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Luiz, a French cab driver ferrying festivalgoers around Cannes, does good impersonations of both a Long Island accent and a Southern drawl, said he loves talking with Americans.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

He unhooked the trailer from the cab and drove to safety, leaving the trailer full of frozen meat on the side of the road.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

It’s midnight, and I gotta be up in six hours; I couldn’t get a cab for an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Inside the cab of the truck, the engine was too loud for conversation.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh




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