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[dey-byoo, dih-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo] / deɪˈbju, dɪ-, ˈdeɪ bju, ˈdɛb ju /


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Eight years later, teenager Lamine Yamal is looking to replicate what Mbappe did to Messi and ignite on the biggest stage after a quiet debut World Cup so far.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Cali Adeline’s debut novel, “People Watching in the Desert,” gives this thorny ethical business an impressively complex treatment for a book that comes on like a beach read.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Its New York-listed shares -- which soared more than 13 percent on their debut Friday -- plunged more than nine percent Monday.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

SK Hynix’s Korean shares plummeted 15%—their steepest one-day fall on record—following the chip maker’s red-hot U.S. debut on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

For my debut, she gave me one of her gowns, pale green taffeta with a pleated skirt and a million crystal beads.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Banks reaped the rewards of the historic initial public offering of SpaceX, with other blockbuster stock-market debuts such as OpenAI in the pipeline.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The profit surge was driven by a Wall Street boom in stock-market debuts, mergers and acquisitions, and trading activity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Americans Michael Thorbjornsen and Johny Keefer, who tied for seventh and third respectively, will make their Open Championship debuts next week, while the other spot at Royal Birkdale goes to Frenchman Victor Perez.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Bending Spoons debuts, rising well above its initial public offering price of $29.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

"Tonight was one of the strongest debuts I think we've had since my maman was still alive."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

It debuted two seasons after “The Waltons” became a hit for CBS and aired during the same period as “Good Times,” “Happy Days,” “Maude” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Fender and Dean debuted the collaboration in early June during one of Fender's London Stadium shows, with the video of their performance going viral on social media.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The group debuted on the “Smurfs 2” soundtrack with “Vacation” in July 2013 and, in early 2014, they were featured on Pitbull’s “Wild Wild Love.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

When “Fatal Attraction” debuted in 1987, Glenn Close’s character was viewed strictly as a horror story.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

These images were now rapidly available thanks to wirephoto services, which had debuted in Life in the month that Pollard, Howard, and Smith formed their partnership.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The show, which is produced by the aggressively hip New Theater Hollywood, recently wrapped its third “season” after debuting in February and returning for an April encore.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 22, 2026

In recent years, the Sidemen have expanded into the streaming world with the second instalment of their reality series, Inside, debuting on Netflix.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Along with its new U.S. retail footprint, Olive Young is debuting an American e-commerce site, where products will ship from a California warehouse and not from Korea.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

What’s Next: Quantinuum is debuting in a red-hot market.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

At Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, players were debuting numbered uniforms: Lou Gehrig wore No. 4; Babe Ruth, about to hit his five hundredth home run, wore No. 3.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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