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Free sign upThe phrase "a cab in a" is grammatically correct but incomplete, making it less usable in written English without additional context.
You can use it when referring to a specific situation involving a cab, but it needs to be followed by more information to convey a complete thought.
Example: "I found a cab in a hurry to get to the airport."
Alternatives: "a taxi in a" or "a cab inside a".
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When hailing a cab in a major city, your brain can ignore hundreds of cars while searching for one with a bright yellow paintjob.
It is easier to find a cab in a New York City rainstorm than a heldentenor - as heroic tenors are called in German.
That's the best he can hope for -- not to work in his country as an engineer but to drive a cab in a foreign land.
He grabbed a cab in a panic, arrived at the arena much later than he planned, then skated a sloppy program, omitting a quad and fumbling two triples.
"The idea at the very beginning was to figure out a better way to get a cab in a city like San Francisco, which as anyone knows who lives here can be a nightmare," Mr. Kalanick said.
Ms. Gristwood retrieves a New York Herald Tribune report on the scene: "Miss Hepburn, coffee container in one hand and a sugar twist in the other, stepped from a cab in a black evening gown and strolled past Tiffany's".
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Reza, who drives a cab in Canberra, is not even a cricket fan.
Getting out of a cab in front of Cherio's a lady broke her string of bogus pearls.
Hailed him a cab, in fact.
He earned a master's degree in history and speaks Russian well enough "to hail a cab in Moscow or order a tub of borscht".
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