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was jabbing
  • past progressive of jab.

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In the first week of July it reached 1,000 a day and last week it was jabbing 2,000 daily, according to workers at the busy site.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

Masri was jabbing his finger left and right.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2017

“She won. I lost. She was jabbing at me and I was jabbing at her. … “It wasn’t who I am.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2016

"I thought it was jabbing at Hollywood and at the same time, even-handed."

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2016

Her paperback of A Coffin for Dimitrios was jabbing me, so I set it on her nightstand.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore