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Bass’ campaign said it is picking up the tab for the legal work but wasn’t paying Hennessy and Gomberg for their efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The federal government stopped replacing stolen Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits—long known as food stamps—in late 2024, and few states now pick up the tab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Most of the loss was ultimately passed on to gas users in Germany, with the state also picking up some of the tab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Because that’s expensive, she’s asking everyone who attends to pay her $80 to help cover the tab.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
At the first verbal warning, remove the first tab; repeat for a second infraction.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
Put the three tabs side by side, and they turn out to be the same bet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Fighting scams keeps Jones up into the wee hours, and he often has dozens of tabs open on his computer at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
It comes with an app so you can keep tabs on its performance, and the ability to automatically run during off-peak electricity hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Brian Dow of the mental health charity, Rethink, is calling for a national register of patient safety to keep tabs on the type of care mental health units across the country are providing.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
She’s so good at keeping tabs on people’s test scores and grades, but she doesn’t have a clue how to read the social stuff.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
Some investors like to speculate about potential additions — presuming that stocks tabbed to join the S&P 500 will get short-term boosts as funds tracking the index will be forced to take positions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ever since Wembanyama was a teenager in France, he was tabbed as a prospect who would tower over the future of basketball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
Merrick Garland, a distinguished appellate court judge and Barack Obama's ill-fated 2016 pick for the Supreme Court, was tabbed for attorney general.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
Matt Gaetz,a former Florida congressman, was tabbed for attorney general.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
A quick search in the database pulled up the exact same book, and I tabbed through to the first page, making sure the words were enlarged as much as possible.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“Kind of like collecting Pokémon, except instead of collecting Pokémon, I’m tabbing birds in my guide book.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
He didn’t look far, tabbing Giants pro scouting director Zack Minasian as the new GM, the team announced Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2024
I careened across the internet like a drunk, tabbing: small-space decoration ideas; author interviews; videos of cake frosting; Renaissance paintings with feminist captions.
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2020
To that end, owner Dan Gilbert has taken the bold and unusual step of tabbing a high-profile college coach, Michigan’s John Beilein, to oversee what surely will be an extended rebuilding process.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2019
Men would be going down to the river now—freshmen would be hearing reluctantly, some of them with tears, the coarse and violent criticism of the Third Year men who were tabbing them.
From The Prelude to Adventure by Sir Hugh Walpole
