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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
It was a long 100-day shoot, sitting in an emotional state that it’s like an open tab always for the entire length of the shoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
Her parents dine here religiously on Friday nights, and she informs me that our dinner must be put on their tab.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Family dynamics run deep, and sorting through the complications involved in restricting a connection to the outside world or keeping tabs on an older person will look different for every household.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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
Investors are keeping tabs on Tokyo after a spike in the Japanese yen stoked speculation of more intervention by authorities.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
My tabs hang off the cart like a tangle of roots as it rolls away.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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
Victor Wembanyama was always tabbed to be basketball’s next superstar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Santa Monica State Beach was tabbed to be the L.A. home for Olympic beach volleyball since the organizing committee’s first bid in 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 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
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
On short notice, Berhalter felt comfortable tabbing Moore, the fourth-string right back who played a key role in the Gold Cup championship last summer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2022
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
I dumped my valises, horned into that bunch, picked her off the truck and carried her away on my shoulder, while the professor yelled at me, and the other ginks were tabbing up their additions.
From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by Alice MacGowan
