variants
also taxies
as in cabs
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled
couldn't hail a taxi so I had to run in the rain to make my appointment
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cabs
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Shaw and Martin wanted to film on Jamaica Avenue — one of New York’s busiest streets — with their cast running past shop fronts renamed as England players and yellow cabs with their names printed on the roof signs.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
2 June 2026 -
Tom Scullion has been driving one of London's famous black cabs for the past 34 years.—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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“Taxis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/taxis. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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