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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A truck driver nabbed the suspected mugger.
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Bridget Fonda nabbed the starring role in the new movie.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Most have either been nabbed by some one else or are into teenage bimbos or are gay.
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Spurned lovers and ex-wives were nabbed making obscene calls thanks to a new high-tech tracing system.
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That means attempts to nab the downright nasty might just nail a few well-heeled, flannel-shirted shoppers in the process.
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The princess has been nabbed by a knight, a black one, of course.
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The villains are nabbed by the analysis of the fibres found in a recovered car.
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Wonderful, senator, and how do you propose to nab those pilots?