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  • That had taken place the previous weekend; all I got that Wednesday was a sort of informal closing ceremony that involved a bunch of tourists sitting on bales of hay and watching the gauchos chat, strum guitars, play a vaguely horseshoes-like game called taba, grill ribs on a low-slung grill, and yes, use menacingly long knives to cut chunks of meat from the sandwiches they held in their hands.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH KUGEL 2010

  • That had taken place the previous weekend; all I got that Wednesday was a sort of informal closing ceremony that involved a bunch of tourists sitting on bales of hay and watching the gauchos chat, strum guitars, play a vaguely horseshoes-like game called taba, grill ribs on a low-slung grill, and yes, use menacingly long knives to cut chunks of meat from the sandwiches they held in their hands.

    NYT > Home Page By SETH KUGEL 2010

  • "good", and others from a native word taba, meaning "rock", which seems a probable derivation.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Even tobacco (though the root "taba" turns up unexpectedly in remote parts of Africa) assumes totally different designations in different Bantu tribes.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

  • The groom then recites his wedding vow ( "Harei at mekudeshet li b'taba'at zo k'dat Moshe v'Yisrael" -- "Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring, according to the laws of Moses and Israel") and places the ring on the index finger of the bride's right hand.

    metalia 2009

  • Where On Google Earth Can You Find These Monuments? catastrophe, la garita caldera, long valley caldera, super volcano, taba caldera, taupo volcano, volcano, yellowstone caldera, yellowstone super volcano

    Five Super Volcanoes That Could Devastate Earth | myFiveBest 2010

  • Iceland nagnanais na i-export ang taba ng karne sa bansang Hapon , ngunit ang mga bansa ay maaaring sapilitang upang sumuko ang kalakalan bilang isang precondition sa pagsali sa EU Let's pag-asa.

    ideonexus.com »2009» Septiyembre 2009

  • Ang taba ng katawan ay lumilikha ng isang buong ecosystem sa sahig karagatan, at ilang mga uri ng hayop na natagpuan sa paligid ng mga ito live sa wala sino pa ang paririto.

    ideonexus.com »2009» Septiyembre 2009

  • Ntumelle modula-setulo ke qolle taba enngwe ya bohlokwa e leng phephetso le yona.

    Speech by Monontsi Joseph George Mzondeki during debate on the President’s State of the Nation Address in the National Assembly 2008

  • Ang nabel, na ang taba sa isang malaking malaking likaw pangil luwa ng kanyang ulo, ay sa mas malaking panganib kaysa sa osong puti mula sa Arctic warming .

    ideonexus.com »2008» Abril 2008

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  • juego en que se tira al aire una taba de carnero, u otro objeto similar, y se gana o se pierde según la posición en que caiga aquella

    October 22, 2007

  • 'No ganar ni a la taba'. Usage: for a person with very bad luck

    October 22, 2007