nickname
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Mary named the turtle Molly after her own nickname and the family returned to visit the turtle at the aquarium over the years.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Detractors have given her the nickname “Tiffany O’Data Center.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"We're ready to keep fighting for the rights of every Granite Stater alongside him," HRC said, using New Hampshire's nickname.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Despite its nickname, the tax also falls on more modest multifamily residences like apartment buildings that exceed the sales price benchmarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Maybe I was the one who needed a new nickname.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
The pilots, a team of champion drone pilots based in Austin, have “Top Gun”-style nicknames like “Amari” and “Proximo.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Let’s hear it for author David Winder for putting together a list of the top 50 most interesting high school nicknames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Click here to find out why full Moons are given nicknames.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
That is, the boisterous Boston guy who calls buddies only by their nicknames, lets everyone at the bar know about it when his team wins and would sacrifice their first born if Brady asked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
When they were on duty, they had to call each other by their ranks and surnames; off duty, they could use their first names—or even sweet or funny nicknames.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Among the most remarkable was Sarcosuchus, a giant predator nicknamed the "super croc" that could reach 12 meters in length.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Her achievement saw her nicknamed 'The Queen of the Palace' and she was also awarded an MBE for her services to darts in 2023.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Shares in the company nicknamed “the front page of the internet” tumbled 25% to $96.85, with the decline at 44% since the start of the year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
After the war, when the princess decides to defect to the West, a river-barge captain nicknamed St. Peter smuggles her past communist guards in a sealed, nearly full water tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
It was the guard we had nicknamed “The Snake” because of the shiny dress she wore.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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To kick off the globally renowned festival, Carpenter - headlining for the first time - turned the stage into the Hollywood Hills, nicknaming it "Sabrinawood".
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
Sokol earned a reputation for being hard-driving and sometimes difficult, with some nicknaming him “The Great Young God,” a nod to both his intelligence and his ego.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The caption: “POV: Me on my way to HR yet again for nicknaming my co-worker ‘Tariff’ for costing the company more than they’re worth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
This sort of evocative nicknaming has deep cultural roots in China, according to Shaohua Guo, a professor of Chinese language at Carleton University.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
But in the Key West tradition of nicknaming, everyone called him TooBad because he was terrible at marbles.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
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