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The $14 billion potential payment exceeds the company’s cash on hand as of April 3, so it may borrow to pay the tab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
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
You can download it on Apple, external and Android, external devices, and Shorts will appear as a tab within the app.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Disneyland officials said the "resort remains open to guests," and they were keeping a close tab on the matter.
From Barron's ● May 24, 2026
The edge of the record stuck out a bit, like a tab on a five-subject notebook, and I grabbed it experimentally.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Until days before her death, she was still keeping tabs on research at her MD Anderson lab via weekly Zoom calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Traders are also keeping tabs on developments after NHK and Kyodo News said Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had spoken about exchange rates.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He always kept tabs on what was happening in music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
In November 2017, when Mbappe was a fresh-faced 18-year-old, Williams had to keep tabs on the striker for 84 minutes of an international friendly in Paris.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Three months ago Wylan turned up at a flophouse near the Slat. He was using a different surname, but Kaz keeps tabs on everyone new to the Barrel, so he had me do some snooping.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
He hired a staff that included his sons as assistant coaches and tabbed longtime NFL executive Michael Lombardi to be the Tar Heels’ general manager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2025
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
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
Dickert took the helm as interim coach and put confidence in de Laura, later tabbing him the “catalyst” to WSU’s strong finish on offense.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 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
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
