Example Sentences

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Lee shot a video on the steps of Tennessee’s state Capitol in 2019 to brag how he was “California dreamin’” in announcing he had nabbed two more companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

It was not the first time that method had nabbed Mazzone.

From Washington Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Hours before Washington’s game against the Clippers, the forward was seated next to the bubbly Anthony Gill, who had nabbed Kyle Kuzma’s jewel-encrusted sunglasses as a gag.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

In late 2019, Mr. McCord, his deputy and a county prosecutor decided to try a complicated forensic technique that had nabbed the infamous Golden State Killer a year earlier.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

It was much more likely a few kids had nabbed them, to get the alarms going and the doors open.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken