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called

ADJECTIVE
named
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ADJECTIVE
appointed
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Scientists were already producing drugs which mimicked the same effect – called GLP-1 receptor agonists – but they too only lasted a matter of minutes.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Neugebauer called a shareholder meeting in April to vote on new directors he is nominating to the board, but Fermi’s new leadership canceled it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

She called for schools to give pupils the same autonomy that people get in their workplaces.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

The Russian Army, the Red Army we called it, was closing in on us from the east.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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