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The presence of Spanish names in some places reflects how non-Spanish-speaking settlers would use Spanish words to name towns—often to commemorate special figures or events at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 11, 2026
John, who now lives in Tendring, Essex, has captured the hearts of tens of thousands of Instagram, TikTok and Facebook followers around the world where he goes under the name Welsh Grandad.
From BBC β Aug. 11, 2026
Pearson says Colossus I, the name of SpaceXAI boss Elon Musk's first mega AI supercomputer facility is "a textbook case of what it looks like when elected officials make promises about economic mobility."
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
To take advantage of first-time-buyer benefits, I was buying alone in Singapore, but my credit cards were issued in both my name and my husband’s name — too complicated, they said.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 10, 2026
It’s an alias, a fake name used for his protection.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
In addition to naming colonial-era outposts like St. Louis and Detroit, French-speaking settlers and traders gave their names to Dubuque, Iowa; Duluth, Minn.; and Pierre, S.D.; among others.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 11, 2026
At first glance, your list looks decent, but you have left out two huge names - Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost.
From BBC β Aug. 11, 2026
Non-tech companies have topped estimates by about 10%, more than double the 4% beat rate from the group of megacap names known as the Magnificent Seven plus members of the tech sector.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 10, 2026
I didn’t even hear the names of my assistants.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 10, 2026
Below that is a list of names placed in the same positions as the people on the opposite side.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The plant got air pollution permits in January, Amazon received construction permits last week, and satellite imagery confirmed clearing had begun at the site named in the plant's air permit records.
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
But Bayer soon named the product “aspirin,” and it became the bestselling drug of all time.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 10, 2026
Prosecutors have also named Knight, although it's unclear if the rap empresario will testify, as he's previously said he would not.
From BBC β Aug. 10, 2026
Miller’s district favors the GOP, yet recent polls show him trailing his Democratic opponent, a city councilor and ironworker named Brian Poindexter.
From Slate β Aug. 10, 2026
It will inspire an English surgeon named Joseph Lister to try performing surgery in sterile conditions that exclude or kill all microorganisms.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
“My father placed his $600,000 Wisconsin home into a revocable trust, naming my brother as beneficiary.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 7, 2026
And if my brother dies, do I tell someone that years ago I signed something naming me as executor?
From MarketWatch β Aug. 7, 2026
The recipe calls for a pound and a half of frozen salmon; an on-screen graphic prices it at $8.99, without naming a retailer or indicating that the fish is on sale.
From Salon β Aug. 5, 2026
Greek Fire Service chief Theodoros Vagias published a note of condolence to the two firefighters who died on Wednesday, naming them as 58-year-old Emmanouil Stratidakis and 25-year-old Pantelis Diamantakis.
From BBC β Jul. 30, 2026
Following the swearing-in of Andrew Johnson as the seventeenth president, Stanton had issued a reward for Jefferson Davis and other Confederate officials, naming them as assassination conspirators.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
