cab 1 of 2

as in taxi
an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled called a cab to get back to the hotel

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cab

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verb

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Recent Examples of cab
Noun
The rescue effort involved a high-point rope system to lower an LFC rescuer into the cab of the truck, a post from the Louisville Fire Department read. Rachel Raposas, People.com, 6 May 2025 Video of the incident showed SWAT team members smash out the truck’s rear and driver’s side’s windows with a metal pole, then use the pole to drop canisters of gas inside the truck cab to try to force the driver out. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
The starting price for the 3500 chassis cabs $49,285 including delivery charge, about $1,700 less than the 2024 model. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Some fans walked away from the stadium to grab an Uber or cab back to their hotels. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 25 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for cab
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cab
Noun
  • Take a taxi or Uber – besides most VIPs have black car service.
    Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 May 2025
  • Ramirez was reportedly left for dead in a taxi in April.
    Liam Quinn, People.com, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Initially, he was bused from the border to Denver but eventually made his way back to Longview.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 18 May 2025
  • Last month, the ACLU rushed back to the Supreme Court, raising concerns that a new group of migrants were being bused, presumably to an airport to be imminently deported to El Salvador.
    Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The man appears to briefly lift the scooter away from the child’s leg, the child gets back on the scooter, and Miller eventually motors away.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
  • Those motoring to work in a Rolls-Royce aren’t being left out, either.
    Susan Campos, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The company’s been riding smoothly – pun intended – ever since.
    Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
  • The 6-foot-11, 260-pound, 50-year-old Pollard, who has lived in Carmel, Indiana the past several years, rode during the parade in a float with his own family members as well as the family of the late Casey Angell.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 May 2025

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“Cab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cab. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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