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He kept a tab open on each of his devices and spent hours a day logging onto FIFA’s website and scanning prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
We will also have a 'Shorts' video tab in the BBC Sport app, which is a new way for fans to watch bite-sized highlights, sharp analysis, explainers and get exclusive behind-the-scenes access.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Instead of the one-click default to your laptop’s last opened tab, you opened Etsy and bought a ceramic mug from a maker you’d been following on Instagram.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Some of this comes cheap, but going all out can run up the tab sharply.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Lexie popped the tab on another Diet Coke.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
He always kept tabs on what was happening in music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Investors are keeping close tabs on the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, where it is expected to hike interest rates to a 31-year high later in the day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
It’s getting as much mileage as it can out of Murrell’s shopping spree, devising ever more elaborate graphics for readers to keep tabs on what Murrell bought with the stolen money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Satellite, sensors and other technology not existent in 2020 are tracking inventories in real time and also keeping tabs on tanker movements and flows.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
I needed one little pill of Cipro, or a couple of tabs of Imodium.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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
Former Stanley Cup winning coach Dan Bylsma has been tabbed to become the Kraken’s second bench boss, a source with knowledge of the discussions has confirmed.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 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
Metta Sandiford-Artest — then known as Metta World Peace — was on that Lakers team and remembers tabbing Ham as a future coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2022
USA Hockey made the announcement Wednesday morning, tabbing Sullivan and along with Joel Johnson for its women’s team and David Hoff for the Paralympic sled hockey team.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
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
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 Walpole, Hugh, Sir
