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cab

[kab] / kæb /
NOUN
car for hire
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Video shows a suited man climbing into the vehicle’s cab, the container lowering, and the truck pulling away.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

When Conor McHugh started driving a horse-drawn cab in New York City, he was 22 and “off the boat from Ireland.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Firefighters worked for nearly two hours to extricate the driver, using hydraulic tools to cut into the trapped flatbed’s cab.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

What if launching a satellite was as easy as calling a cab?

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

James glanced at the cab driver, who was paying no attention to us.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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 sent his telegram, and we cabbed it to Luzatti's.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt 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

To be sure, vettura driving is not like cabbing, and Gaetano was in the habit of getting out often and walking up the hills, thus exercising his liver.

From Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne

"Who's a-goin' to be bullied by any cove because he is a cabbing passinger?" and he gave Blake an almost imperceptible wink.

From Tom Gerrard by Louis Becke

And then I'll tell you I'm tired of this cabbing cruise, and I want to get to work again.

From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson




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