How to Use taxicab in a Sentence

taxicab

noun
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  • Bach was left in the Malibu house with his three dogs and a London taxicab.
    — Jerry Bowles, Esquire, 22 Mar. 2017
  • The cars offer more bells and whistles than an Uber or a taxicab.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • That was where the police found the man’s parked taxicab, the biggest investment of his life.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • After asking for a ride through the open window of a taxicab, the woman climbed into the back seat.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Water taxis are part taxicab, part ferry, part tour boat and all fun.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Oct. 2021
  • A month later, the police found a witness who saw Ruth get into a taxicab with a young man.
    — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 1 June 2017
  • The taxicab pulled to a stop in front of a white colonial residence in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
  • In May 1932, a taxicab pinned him against a pillar, breaking one of his legs and sending him to the hospital.
    — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Wanted for the 2008 murder of his two teenage daughters in his taxicab in Irving, Texas.
    — Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2017
  • Schaeffer and a pregnant Mack then stuffed her body into a suitcase, placed the luggage in a taxicab and fled the scene.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Give the baby a dose of big-city adventure with a rattle that looks like a vintage taxicab.
    — Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The dead man at the Mobile station, Premkumar A. Walekar, was a 54-year-old taxicab driver who had been pumping gas.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022
  • According to the New York Post, Saleh had not been making enough money to cover the lease on his taxicab and medallion.
    — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 16 June 2018
  • Not long ago, on a busy road from the airport in a taxicab, my daughter and the driver watched in horror as a deer leapt in front of a large truck a couple of lanes over.
    — Natalie Angier, The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2019
  • Think of the millions of trucking, taxicab, and Uber jobs at risk if vehicles drive themselves.
    — Mark Zandi, Philly.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • If there’s no room at the shelter on the seacoast, for example, the 211 hotline would pay for a taxicab for someone to come to our shelter.
    — Kriston Capps, Slate Magazine, 3 July 2017
  • Try to pay for a taxicab in Shanghai or Shenzhen with physical notes, and prepare for dirty looks.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Aug. 2021
  • His father drove a taxicab, and his mother was a homemaker.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2019
  • The district has school buses and vans but still relies on taxicabs for certain students.
    — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2024
  • With a lineage stretching back more than 75 years, the E-class remains one of the brand's core products and serves a range of roles around the world, from taxicab to luxury cocoon.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 24 July 2023
  • Fulford allegedly fled in a taxicab, shot its driver in the foot and drove away from police into the Horsetooth Reservoir Area the night of March 30.
    — The Reporter Herald, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2017
  • There’s a genuine London taxicab parked in front that Kerbs uses to show his city properties.
    — Mark Samuelson, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
  • The high school sophomore, who survived being struck by a taxicab in 2016, was not feeling well and left school early on the day of her death, the Scanner reported.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Mr. Rappaport of the Brooklyn Center favors bringing in the city’s medallion taxicabs, which have been hit hard by providers like Uber.
    — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 18 May 2017
  • The airport charge for basic, on-demand taxicab service is $3.30 for each pickup.
    — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 June 2017
  • According to Xue, the city’s next goal is to electrify its entire taxicab system by 2020.
    — Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 4 May 2018
  • Instead of following her on foot, Mr. Galella hailed a taxicab.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • Small groups of visitors lined up before the park's opening, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse characters drove by in a large taxicab and waved at the eager crowd.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 19 June 2020
  • Most passengers get to and from the airport in cars or taxicabs that often get trapped in traffic on the Grand Central Parkway and other roads in northern Queens.
    — Patrick McGeehan, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
  • His mom watches his young son during the day, and his dad is trying to start a new business after selling his taxicab company.
    — Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2020

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