jab
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“This isn’t a vaccine study, where you jab people and see them in a year,” says William Blair analyst Myles Minter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
People who do not qualify for a free jab can pay about £10 to £20 for one.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
School children are being prioritised - and like pregnant women can get the jab from Tuesday - because they can catch and spread flu easily.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
This explains Carney’s jab, at his press conference last weekend, that the United States’ signature is sometimes “written in pencil.”
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
I jab my thumb to point so they know where I am talking about.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Even slight jabs, if relentlessly delivered, can undermine, if not rupture, relationships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The chain had officially entered chicken sandwich territory, and this quickly spurred a massive fight with the OG sandwich maker Chick-fil-A, with the two brands throwing jabs at each other online for weeks.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
It was a punch delivered in Atlanta on Sunday and felt all the way in Washington, smooth and fluid, like one of Sugar Ray Robinson’s left hooks or Muhammad Ali’s left jabs.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Characters deliver jabs at “Jeff Bozos” and the Epstein class while slyly revealing you shouldn’t trust their takes, either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I didn’t say I’d be fighting over you. I’m only throwing jabs if she come at me with some nonsense.”
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Mid-vows, “Madonna jabbed her middle finger upward,” J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote in “Madonna: An Intimate Biography.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Both fists — little and big — jabbed the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
It was also possible that he accidentally jabbed himself, through his gloves, on a needle or a patient’s teeth.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
Pope jabbed with hard hands to be caught at slip, Stokes was lbw sweeping.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
I yanked my hand from his and immediately jabbed at his rib cage with an affectionate but firm punch.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
The artist and buyer were nonconformists, jabbing at, well, something.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
He loved to say it on the stump with his trademark snarl and jabbing finger.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2025
Capturing, jabbing, and tracking each wild Elanora koala is basically double that.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
Bookless has used two months’ worth of the semaglutide over three months of jabbing herself weekly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2024
“Filch told us so when he was jabbing those Secrecy Sensors everywhere he could reach.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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