nabbed; nabbing
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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Usually, the one silver lining of suffering through the type of season New York is having is the hope of getting a very high draft pick and possibly nabbing a savior in the draft.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
More recently, Barbie accomplished a similar feat, generating over $1 billion at the worldwide box office while nabbing eight Oscar nominations.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
This spring, the 20-year-old nabbed a job working for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony nabbed the big account.
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Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025
More recently, Barbie accomplished a similar feat, generating over $1 billion at the worldwide box office while nabbing eight Oscar nominations.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
This spring, the 20-year-old nabbed a job working for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony nabbed the big account.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Nab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nab. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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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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