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Nabbed the 25th spot when Xander Schauffele finished 26th.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 23, 2019

Nabbed by the Imperial police, who dragged him before the Prince Regent, Would-Be-Assassin Wang was asked by His Highness: "Why did you wish to take my life?"

From Time Magazine Archive

Nabbed in 1917 by the French, El Hiba passed his baton on to Brother Merebbi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nabbed by Soviet counterintelligence last July, she was photographed with an array of spy gear and quietly allowed to leave the U.S.S.R. under diplomatic immunity.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the big news—the scoop of the century—the yearned-for headline, "Bat Nabbed Red-Handed", "Bat Slain in Gun Duel with Police"—still eluded the ravenous maw of the Linotypes.

From The Bat by Hopwood, Avery