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nab at

verb as in nip

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“This Japanese spice blend gives anything a little kick. Made with sesame seeds, orange peel, chilies, and more, you can sprinkle it on avocado toast, add it to a soup, or toss it with a salad; it’s very versatile. I picked up the blend I have in Tokyo, but it’s just as easy to make at home or nab at a specialty store like Kalustyan’s or Sunrise Mart.”

From Slate

Their mode of transport: a thermo-molded plastic lunch cooler, of the sort one might nab at Walmart to carry a baloney sandwich and some freshly cured herring out for a day of salmon fishing on Puget Sound.

Mr. Judd estimated a staggering three-quarters of migrants agents nab at the border are eventually released into the country under catch-and-release policies.

One man said he would sell it and hoped to nab at least $100.

While the FBI would credit America’s Most Wanted for helping nab at least 17 of the agency’s “10 Most Wanted” fugitives, John Walsh had to wait 27 years for the Hollywood Police Department to both admit that drifter and serial killer Ottis E. Toole abducted and murdered his son and “apologize for investigative mistakes that transpired during the early years of this investigation,” as police chief Chad Wagner said in a news conference.

From Time

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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