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name

[neym] / neΙͺm /








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With more than 100 credits to her name, Bunny Levine considered herself one of “the most energetic and agile” older actors around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

When asked about the Argentina goalkeeper's absence from last season's opening league match against Crystal Palace, head coach Unai Emery just repeated replacement Marco Bizot's name several times.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“How many people could name King George VI’s four brothers or his sister? How many people under 30 could pick out Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, or Prince Edward, in a lineup?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

"The safety of young people in Aotearoa New Zealand is at stake and the risks they face in increasingly complex online environments are significant," he added, using the Maori-language name for the country.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Yes, as far as I can tell, everyone used the full name, at least the first time they spoke it in a conversation.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

He reels off more than 20 names who have become coaches or managers, a list including Wales boss Craig Bellamy.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Stock futures are falling to start the week with tech names leading the way lower ahead of Nvidia’s key earnings report.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

These included semaglutide, sold under the brand names Ozempic or Wegovy, and tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

There’s so many top pitchers I’ve seen before they were household names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

I see myself at the end of term, holding up a family tree with three names on it.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

But what followed was three years of heartbreak when Hayley suffered a placental abruption at 19 weeks pregnant and was told her baby boy, who they had named Oscar, had died.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“At that time, I saw a gap that needed to be filled in the market,” Graves, who named the restaurant after his dog, told me.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

The four businesses received the loans in LLCs they had set up which were named by Delaware Life and Clear Spring in their financial disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

He retired 21 of 22 batters in a 13-0 win over a Palisades team that included an infielder named Steve Kerr.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

My leader was a sweet dog named Cookie and I had six dogs, all cheerful.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

“It’s a Falcon,” he said, naming the model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

“I was figuring it out in real time,” she told People of the naming debacle in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Modern taxonomy, the science of naming and classifying organisms, increasingly attempts to reflect actual evolutionary relationships by grouping species according to shared ancestry.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

So that would give Maresca some flexibility when naming a team - and means Anderson and Fernandez would be capable of playing together.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I guess I never thought of naming it.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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