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Example Sentences

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But even after having reached his own half-century, the player dubbed the Rocket is still blasting to new heights.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

While it wasn’t necessarily a style I’d gravitate toward personally, one tour that really sticks in my mind was for a property dubbed “Billionaire” in Bel-Air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Cyber-security firm Norton has dubbed the scams "reservation hijacks" because criminals have contacted Booking.com customers pretending to be hotels in order to trick victims into sending them money based on bogus reservation problems.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The 63-year-old man, dubbed the "Oslo patient", is the latest in around 10 people worldwide who have gone into long-term remission from HIV after receiving a transplant to treat unrelated blood cancer.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

He stood by the churchyard fence, intent on trying out the whipping powers of his fearsome tail upon a few rats that he had dubbed “the awkward squad.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques