dab
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“We don’t want to live in fear, so we make ourselves useful working for organizations that move the scale away from fear and put us smack dab in the middle of love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
He passed Ponting with a trademark dab through point.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
"The chimpanzees dab them on their wounds or chew the plants up, and then apply the chewed material to the open injury."
From BBC ● May 14, 2025
We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025
As I leaned in close to her, I could smell the dab of vanilla extract she put at the back of her ear for her special perfume.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Sand dabs and halibut, still edible and plentiful there, were held in a net slung under the hull and served moments later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Iron-straight defence, dabs to third man and shuffles off the hips.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025
Martha Stewart doesn't do warts, but Cutler edits a wry irony into the artful coverage she dabs on her blemishes, like her refusal to count her marital infidelity as equivalent to that of her husband.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
A selection of all white suits, jackets and lace dresses also featured in the spring/summer 2024 collection, as did dabs of leopard print on shiny macs and dresses.
From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2023
I abandon my fork and scrape up the last dabs of gravy with my finger.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
In another, a grey-haired woman laid one hand atop the coffin while she dabbed her eyes with a tissue.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It’s so difficult to explain,” said Gorden, now 33 and the captain at Angel City, as she dabbed at the tears with a tissue.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
In the rear open kitchen, Manon Fleury turned humble winter produce into memorable dishes: Fried sweet-potato threads mimicked a mini funnel cake, dabbed with loquat jam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
Breach hit a line, Zoe Harrison dabbed a kick in behind and Abby Dow chased like fury.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
On school nights, she used to do my hair, and I could smell the jasmine-scented essential oil she dabbed on her wrists.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
We see through her eyes an assistant dabbing moisturizer on her hand, art installers asking where she wants a large sculpture, a man cleaning her pool who greets her.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
Then Goldberg stole the spotlight, having left her seat to take over dabbing duties from their guest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Inside, women are dabbing moisturizers, sampling eye shadows and swabbing lipsticks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
"You have given him the best birthday gift he could ever have," she said, dabbing away tears and occasionally pausing to collect herself.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
He’s holding a tube of zinc ointment in one hand and is dabbing Rosie’s punctured skin.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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