christened
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The next day the men found “large footprints” outside their dwelling, in a gorge thereafter christened Ape Canyon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
He later joked that "being christened Nigel set me back for years".
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Sitting next to miniature mock-ups of the exhibitions, Opie noted that her longtime gallerist, Shaun Caley Regen, has christened this the “Catherine Opie World Tour 2026,” complete with T-shirts.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
With a sketch about a quavery Prime Minister Keir Starmer working up the nerve to call Donald Trump, they christened “Saturday Night Live U.K.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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