as in stabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
jabbed a pickle and tossed it on the plate
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Recent Examples of jabbed
And now, 44 years on, new generations of Villa fans could also cherish the moment when Buendia’s cross was jabbed in from close range by Morgan Rogers for the third, ensuring every Brummie in Istanbul could relax and soak in the game’s final 30 minutes.
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Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed.
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ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
The casting director playfully jabbed Anderson in her acceptance speech, referencing the filmmaker's 14 career Oscar nominations without a victory.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
Physical abuse reports involve workers being jabbed with kitchen tools, pushed and punched in the face and stomach by chef René Redzepi and others under him who adopted his management style and culture.
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Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
An agent in Massachusetts jabbed his finger and thumb into the neck and arteries of a young father who refused to be separated from his wife and 1-year-old daughter.
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Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2026
As Webster repeatedly jabbed his finger, Rathbun met it with his left hand, as if trying to swat him away.
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Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
That same night, conservative commentators Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson jabbed each other amid ongoing criticism from some within the movement over Carlson’s platforming of far-right figures like Nick Fuentes.
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Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
19 Dec. 2025
After about 30 seconds, the person behind me jabbed my left shoulder five times, hard, to alert me to the volunteer’s availability.
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Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed.
—
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2026
The casting director playfully jabbed Anderson in her acceptance speech, referencing the filmmaker's 14 career Oscar nominations without a victory.
—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
Physical abuse reports involve workers being jabbed with kitchen tools, pushed and punched in the face and stomach by chef René Redzepi and others under him who adopted his management style and culture.
—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Mar. 2026
An agent in Massachusetts jabbed his finger and thumb into the neck and arteries of a young father who refused to be separated from his wife and 1-year-old daughter.
—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
13 Jan. 2026
As Webster repeatedly jabbed his finger, Rathbun met it with his left hand, as if trying to swat him away.
—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
That same night, conservative commentators Ben Shapiro and Tucker Carlson jabbed each other amid ongoing criticism from some within the movement over Carlson’s platforming of far-right figures like Nick Fuentes.
—
Caroline Vakil,
The Hill,
19 Dec. 2025
After about 30 seconds, the person behind me jabbed my left shoulder five times, hard, to alert me to the volunteer’s availability.
—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jabbed
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The latest homicide was reported on Tuesday after a man was stabbed in the 400 block of South San Joaquin Street in Downtown Stockton.
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With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
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Watt had his lung punctured by the medical staff last season and will turn 32 in October.
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But there were also perplexing moments that punctured the gravitas of the event (even for an event built around hand-to-hand combat).
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First responders found the woman conscious and alert after an umbrella stake pierced her shoulder.
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Because of the bullets that pierced his mother, he was deprived of blood and oxygen for critical minutes just prior to his birth.
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Johnson was the first player picked by new Mavericks team president Masai Ujiri.
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In Wheeler’s recent story paneling a dozen scouts anonymously on draft prospects, not one picked Verhoeff as the best in the defense class.
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Video from Kentucky showed emergency crews wading through knee-deep floodwaters to rescue residents who got stuck in their cars amid the floods Monday.
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As the gut is considered a second brain, the process involves listening in with a stethoscope while manual, hands-on therapy helps the body shift more easily between fight-or-flight and not get stuck in one.
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