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Mladic died on Thursday while serving a life sentence in The Hague for war crimes committed during the 1990s Bosnian war; his conviction led international media to dub him the "Butcher of Bosnia".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
While one shows up at gigs and rave nights, the other is a bit more pub than dub.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the same year as “Donnie Darko,” Chase lent her voice to the American dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s tender “Spirited Away,” voicing its protagonist Chihiro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But the U.K. branch of the polyglot style sometimes called post-rock included Bristol groups such as Movietone and Crescent, who mixed and matched dub rhythms, folk instrumentation, and electronics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Hampton Roads had become the embodiment of what Cold War president Dwight D. Eisenhower would a decade later dub the “military- industrial complex.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Ferguson workers have dubbed it the "snake pit" because of the amount of pipework that had to be fitted inside.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But while the number of boat crossings over summer months has dropped to its lowest since 2019, smugglers appear to have started loading more people onto fewer, larger vessels dubbed "mega dinghies".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
It was restarted from scratch in 2013 with a new trilogy dubbed "Survivor", chronicling the adventures of a younger, less experienced Lara.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Supporters dubbed it the “Olympic wage,” saying the measure was aimed at allowing workers to share in the expected economic boom that will accompany the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
In acknowledgment of the University of California’s tolerant hospitality toward a laboratory that was now devoted almost entirely to government work, Lawrence dubbed the new unit the calutron.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The White House reshared the images on its own X account, dubbing the new document a "patriot passport".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
He’s said bad periods are a feature as much as a bug, dubbing it “time arbitrage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
The World Meteorological Organization, meanwhile, said early signs indicated the event could be particularly strong, with some dubbing the impending event a "super El Nino", although the term is not used by scientists.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Some were dubbing Executive Order 8802 and the Fair Employment Practices Committee “the most significant move on the part of the Government since the Emancipation Proclamation.”
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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