namesake
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"I was only kidding, but Dana loves the idea," Trump told reporters on the tarmac of his namesake airport in Florida.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
To be considered for an asteroid namesake, someone must nominate you, and in Nežič's case, two people put his name forward.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The core aperitifs business—home to Aperol and the group’s namesake Campari bitters—booked a 6.7% increase on the year, and the tequila business grew at around the same rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Of course, there was frybread, the namesake of the drive-in.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Woody and Christopher were the namesakes of Johnson’s surviving siblings, the former a prominent Republican fundraiser and owner of the New York Jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
After the family moved to England in 2010, the boys would often meet their namesakes at Etihad Stadium.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
Dodgers fans like Weaver with namesakes on the Bronx Bombers are in a bit of a pickle this fall, caught between the team they support and the American League stalwart whose name they share.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
When she had visited Chicago a couple of years ago, she had told Petra that all of her namesakes had grown up to be very beautiful and very lucky.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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