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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This comes after the category nabbed four nomination spots in June, a surprise to many in the late-night world after 14 shows were submitted.
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Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2024
The nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday and in a milestone that reflected Hollywood’s topsy-turvy year, FX — not HBO or Netflix — led in the major categories, nabbing 93 in total, the most in the network’s history.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
That chrome range is a 1950s O’Keefe & Merritt number that the pair did a U-turn to nab after spotting it in a store window while driving through LA.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
Those are just some retail giants looking to nab consumer dollars in the inflation economy.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 12 July 2024
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Peter White, Deadline, 17 July 2024
The nominations for the 76th Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday and in a milestone that reflected Hollywood’s topsy-turvy year, FX — not HBO or Netflix — led in the major categories, nabbing 93 in total, the most in the network’s history.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2024
That chrome range is a 1950s O’Keefe & Merritt number that the pair did a U-turn to nab after spotting it in a store window while driving through LA.
—Madeleine Luckel, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
Those are just some retail giants looking to nab consumer dollars in the inflation economy.
—Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 12 July 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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