Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dabbed
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The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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After a corner kick and a nice cross, Sanchez flicked the ball in with his head as Colombian fans erupted.
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Boxed into the corner by two Americans, Güler flicked the ball perfectly between Pulisic's legs and ran around him, creating the space necessary to start the final sequence.
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One of them, at the centre of a group outside Ex Convento del Carmen, has been thickly daubed with red paint, as if to look like blood.
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The calming design from Japanese architect Kengo Kuma instils a sense of peace, complemented by the villas’ light wood and white color scheme that’s daubed with splashes of ocean blues.
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One of his lawyers, Benjamin Zeman, patted the director's back.
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Benji separated from Zack, patted the spot on the bed between them, and then opened up his arm as an invitation.
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At Taquearte, the split rolls are slathered with refried beans and chorizo, then blanketed in a single layer of mottled cheese.
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Seriously, what is better than fresh heirloom tomato and mozzarella salad or a juicy tomato sandwich slathered in Duke's?
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Their ricochet fell right to Knoxville’s McRobb, who clinically tapped the ball out of the air and into the empty net.
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This is bound to reignite ongoing speculation about Chanel expanding into menswear, which reached new heights when the house tapped Pedro Pascal as ambassador in April under Blazy.
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The press had already anointed him the heir apparent to Diego Maradona; an emotional Maradona was filmed in the stands, with his arms in the air, as Messi entered the game.
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As Sonnenfeld shows in his 1988 book The Hero’s Farewell, heroes never select themselves but are anointed by society as pillars of that society’s values.
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As the song concluded, the soon-to-be citizens clapped and returned to their seats, while another speaker asked them to stand and remain standing when their country was called.
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Holding small American flags, the cohort of new citizens waved and clapped along to patriotic music sung by the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ TOSCA a capella ensemble.
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“Dabbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dabbed. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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