tapping

Example Sentences

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In alarming numbers, people are skipping meals to save money, paying bills with credit cards and tapping into savings.

From Salon

Rather, it is tapping a market that they haven’t courted as much—the high-end shopper willing to pay more for performance and a sleek style.

From The Wall Street Journal

Associated Newspapers, represented during the hearings by two "silks", or senior barristers, and a row of lawyers frantically scribbling in notebooks or tapping on tablets, has not been shy about proclaiming its innocence.

From BBC

It has been suggested the newspaper was trying to protect its "exclusive" relationship with the Lawrence family by tapping Baroness Lawrence's phones and putting her under surveillance.

From BBC

Mental health problems, especially among enlisted men under 29, mirror concerns in schools and colleges, which are also increasingly tapping campus ministry for counseling.

From Seattle Times