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Many fire officials and safety advocates have essentially argued anything that can burn, will burn and have supported removing virtually anything capable of combustion from this zone within 5 feet of houses, dubbed “Zone Zero.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

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

Last year, OpenAI agreed to roll out AI infrastructure in the U.K. with Nvidia and AI startup Nscale to satisfy its power needs in the country as part of a project dubbed Stargate U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

This convenient comparison is given extra poignancy by Beethoven’s reference to the French despot in his momentous third symphony, these days known as the Eroica but originally dubbed the Bonaparte.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall