cabbing

verb

present participle of cab
as in riding

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  1. riding
  2. busing
  3. navigating
  4. cruising
  5. coaching
  6. motoring
  7. driving
  8. sailing
Verb
  • According to Watson, Martinez was riding with four or five other motorcyclists when a red Audi began tailing the group.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • There’s no hope left of release — of riding Dreamfyre out of the Dragonpit, of playing with chickens in a sunlit field, her two children beside her.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of riding
Verb
  • Louisville's racial divide was made clear with busing Michael Hicks remembers seeing men in military green with rifles outside the bus ports, sometimes escorting students.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2025
Definition of busing
Verb
  • The rise in deadly crashes has some drivers concerned about navigating the construction zone, particularly with lane shifts and changing traffic patterns.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, companies navigating economic uncertainty are increasingly turning to former CEOs for board seats — a pool still dominated by White men.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigating
Verb
  • After 30 years of cruising, the writer considers a balcony cabin the most consistently worthwhile upgrade.
    — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026
  • An erotic thriller that captures the dying charm of Thailand’s stand-alone cinemas which also serve as cruising sites for closeted gay men.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of cruising
Verb
  • Jones also is among 21 to win state titles in their first head-coaching job at any school.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Tennessee hired Saleh in January for his second head coaching job following his tenure as the New York Jets skipper from 2021 to 2024.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of coaching
Verb
  • Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Some manufacturers are trying to mimic the ICE car experience, such as retro-fitting old school motoring noises and gear simulations to entertain understimulated EV drivers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 May 2026
Definition of motoring
Verb
  • Iran’s economy was in a dire state before the war too, with poor economic conditions a key driving factor behind the anti-regime demonstrations which kicked off in the Iranian capital city Tehran in 2025.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The economy is driving young Americans' enlistments, according to Pentagon data.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of driving
Verb
  • Would Alejandro González Iñárritu’s breathlessly awaited, Tom Cruise vehicle Digger be sailing to the Lido?
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
  • While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sailing
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