nabbed; nabbing
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Examples of nab in a Sentence
We nabbed seats in the front row of the theater.
the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape
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Impact: After the stadium opened, the city that once drew little interest from major retail developers nabbed a power center with a coveted IKEA store.
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Sabrina Bodon, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
The iPad Pro nabbed 391Mbps down and 129Mbps up in the same spot.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
The 36-year-old Compton native won a whopping 17 Grammys out of 50 nominations, nabbed a Pulitzer Prize for DAMN—the first nonclassical or jazz recording ever to earn the coveted honor for music—and even appeared in a novel hip-hop-centric Super Bowl halftime show in 2022.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
In this case, Awkwafina plays jackpot winner Kate, with John Cena as her loyal amateur jackpot protector and Simu Liu as a rival protector with his own hopes to nab the commission.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024
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Sabrina Bodon, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
The iPad Pro nabbed 391Mbps down and 129Mbps up in the same spot.
—PCMAG, 25 May 2024
The 36-year-old Compton native won a whopping 17 Grammys out of 50 nominations, nabbed a Pulitzer Prize for DAMN—the first nonclassical or jazz recording ever to earn the coveted honor for music—and even appeared in a novel hip-hop-centric Super Bowl halftime show in 2022.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 May 2024
In this case, Awkwafina plays jackpot winner Kate, with John Cena as her loyal amateur jackpot protector and Simu Liu as a rival protector with his own hopes to nab the commission.
—Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024
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“Nab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nab. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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nab
verb
nabbed; nabbing
1
: to seize and take into custody : arrest
2
: to seize suddenly
especially
: steal entry 1 sense 2a
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