dub
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Financial advisers dub that “sequence of return risk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
While one shows up at gigs and rave nights, the other is a bit more pub than dub.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Lower-income countries have struggled through the 2020s, hit by a series of successive shocks that saw the World Bank earlier this year dub it a "lost decade" for their economic growth.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 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
He had been posed so often that he seemed to know what was wanted of him when the press corps buzzed around, prompting the reporters to dub him “Movie Star.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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Despite being dubbed the "first TikTok PM", Burnham only opened an account in May.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
In 2020, the lab embarked on training a chatbot dubbed “Gopher,” purposely keeping the project secret from Google Brain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Unbeknownst to the nonprofit, that couple — dubbed Ricky and Lucy — had shifted to a new nest and would soon leave the area altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
European leaders are considering new protective measures against what many have dubbed “China Shock 2.0.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In conversation with a Daily Prophet reporter last month, he admitted breeding creatures he has dubbed “Blast-Ended Skrewts,” highly dangerous crosses between manti- cores and fire-crabs.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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Cars have also been getting wider, with critics dubbing the trend 'carspreading'.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 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
We have since become a far more cultivated arts capital preparing for what we are dubbing the LA28 Cultural Olympiad.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
DON Quixote was going back home, mainly because of a conversation he and the innkeeper had had before the dubbing ceremony.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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