cabby
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Clean sounds a little like a cabby whom cinephiles became familiar with in the 1970s, no?
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
The cabby was talkative, and we quickly struck up a conversation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
“Opera?” the cabby asked as he pulled away from the curb.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2020
The cabby makes a few other attempts to get a conversation going, but Alicia just nods or murmurs a little, so the guy gives up and punches up a country station on the radio.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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Steve McNamara, general secretary of the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, which represents the famously opinionated cabbies, attributed their decline to the pandemic and said numbers would stabilize in the coming years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
From the Southgate Centre, on the city’s southern edge, to the downtown financial district, it seemed as if everyone, from students and shopkeepers to cabbies and the cable guy, were wearing Oiler sweaters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2025
He is one of many Hong Kongers who have a story to tell about their city's infamous cabbies.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2024
Transit workers like train engineers, bus drivers, cabbies, and rideshare workers get passengers to the airport, while parking attendants and shuttle drivers help millions of others navigate arrival.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2022
The cabbies are threatening a one-day strike of all New York.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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