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  • noun Plural form of drib.

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Examples

  • Bush had kept this claimed power obscured, letting it out in dribs and drabs of directed leaks, and hints and winks in public statements; but Obama has taken us beyond that, to the open declaration and institutional entrenchment of the principle of death without due process for citizens.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 9, 2010 2010

  • Bush had kept this claimed power obscured, letting it out in dribs and drabs of directed leaks, and hints and winks in public statements; but Obama has taken us beyond that, to the open declaration and institutional entrenchment of the principle of death without due process for citizens.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 8, 2010 2010

  • True Mr. Obama has removed troops in dribs and drabs, we still have 124,000 US military in the country.

    Mr Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • I had finished the first 100 pages by 1998, writing it in dribs and drabs.

    Interview with Brad Gealey 2010

  • In fact, as long as a society makes such improvements in dribs and drabs, the population will keep up, and the result will be a more complex, potentially more fragile society, with no higher standard of living.

    The Malthusian Trap « Isegoria 2008

  • One gets them in dribs and drabs, a bit from a song lyric, another bit from a news story on the radio, a third bit from something in a book that made you angry.

    the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face truepenny 2008

  • Besides 10 and 100 oz bars, though, I think 1 oz bars would be big sellers if the premium were significantly lower than Maples and the like (especially among little folks like me who can only afford to buy in dribs and drabs).

    Demand the silver you want! Or make your own! Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2008

  • In a passing observation, I've slowly but surely in dribs and drabs caught up on watching the first 3 seasons of House.

    Slowly recovering karenmiller 2008

  • I've read it in dribs and drabs which can't have helped but in actual fact that's all I wanted to read it in, I couldn't sustain a long haul read for some reason and just kept putting it aside after 20 pages or so.

    Not so Suite Francaise 2007

  • I've read it in dribs and drabs which can't have helped but in actual fact that's all I wanted to read it in, I couldn't sustain a long haul read for some reason and just kept putting it aside after 20 pages or so.

    Not so Suite Francaise 2007

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