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cab

[kab] / kæb /
NOUN
car for hire
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The court heard the teenager had tried to tell his dad, but Lloyd had already exited the cab.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Ruthin Coroner's Court heard Lloyd, from Bod Elian, Llanelian in Conwy, climbed down from the cab and was electrocuted when he came into contact with the metal step.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Khan said there were cab ranks and bus stops near the street so people can still access the area with ease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

There are some beauty shots of the city, and then a shot of a Checker cab pulling up to Butch McGuire’s bar on Division Street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

When I open the door, the cab smells of lemons, and the rubber floor mats are so clean I wonder if I should take my shoes off before climbing in.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Refusing to give up, Foster had a board mix put together of the first performance and cabbed it to the radio station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2015

Their daughter told them she "cabbed it" but they say they do not know how she actually traveled cross-country or where she has been staying.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2013

On Thursday night, I cabbed it to my goddaughter’s house in Fort Greene.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2012

It’s like a slower, 1950s version of the real city across that cool bridge we cabbed over last night.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

He cabbed it away from Luzatti's, and I cabbed it after him.

From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

The day before E3 officially kicks off this year, I’ll be liveblogging the Ubisoft press conference, then cabbing it over to the L.A.

From Forbes ● Jun. 2, 2014

Max is a dreamer; a lonely man whose ideal of running a limo service is still unrealised after 12 years of "temporary" cabbing.

From Time Magazine Archive

I went on cabbing it for a day or so, intending to keep at it until I could save enough to take me back to America.

From A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

His sixteen "outsides" bestow upon me a supercilious look that conveys to me that they opine I am merely cabbing it to the station en route for a "suburban hop."

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

"We seem destined to consort with the cabbing trade," I remarked; "the last office was over a mews, this place seems to belong to a carriage-builder."

From A Girl Among the Anarchists by Isabel Meredith


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