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For the last few days, smack dab in the middle of his long-awaited breakthrough at USC, Arenas was sick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

"People don't realise, but cod was not the go-to fish when fish and chip shops started about 160 years ago," he said, revealing that it was dab that first made up a fish supper.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

Her son gently tries to dab it away with a tissue as a nurse comes by with a blood pressure stand.

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025

The bottom of each red cup was given a dab of paste and the cup was pasted on the penciled heart.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Both men pushed through the covers, Root played his trademark dabs to third man.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025

We’re not talking about traditional formulaic “landscapes” of yore — SoCal tract homes swathed in lawns edged with nondescript shrubs and dabs of annual color bought at big-box nurseries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 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

His voice was firm, doling out dabs of sweetness cut with the occasional thrilling yelp.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

Brie dabs at her face with a tissue, and then messes with one of her feather earrings.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

Breach hit a line, Zoe Harrison dabbed a kick in behind and Abby Dow chased like fury.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

His sister Ashley Biden, watching from the courtroom, dabbed at her eyes with a tissue and eventually left.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

And my parents laughed until my mom dabbed the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

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

She coped by dabbing at her face with a small navy blue towel that magically appeared from under the table.

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

The man sweats, dabbing his brow with his pocket square, his hands shaking as he puts it away.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland