nickname
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Afterward, students demanded the school adopt the Cutters nickname because those players had won the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But Bryon Lake, chief transformation officer at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, told MarketWatch that the appeal of these products is much broader than that nickname suggests.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We understand Bibi's political needs" the Israeli journalist, Barak Ravid, quotes a senior US official as saying – using a nickname to refer to the Israeli leader.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
He got the nickname after making decisive moves as an executive at Unilever, where he spent nearly three decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
I smile at the nickname, ignoring Camille’s angry look.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
CEO nicknames often are born of job cuts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
"One of the many things I regret is that I hurt so many people by giving them nasty nicknames, and above all that I was unkind to the children of celebrities."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
They have earned it the nicknames "Copper capital" and "World cobalt capital".
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
A fan favorite for his witty wording and player nicknames, King turned his most famous catchphrase, “Gimme the Hotsauce,” into the name of his podcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
By overhearing the guards and prisoners talking, Zeitoun realized the prison had been given at least two nicknames by the guards and soldiers.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
And the valedictorian of an Ivy League university nicknamed “Nostradamus of AI” must be very smart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The crunch has been nicknamed "RAMaggedon" after the components called RAM, or "random-access memory".
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered an extraordinary landscape while climbing through a Martian valley nicknamed "Valle Grande."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Milton-Jones played a pivotal role in the team’s back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002 and was nicknamed “D-Nasty” by former Sparks head coach Michael Cooper, a five-time NBA champion with the Showtime-era Lakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchestra.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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
Tom's combination with fellow flanker Sam Underhill was a revelation during the tournament and resulted in Jones nicknaming the pair the "kamikaze kids".
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
She began performing at 7, with the Oakland Tribune nicknaming her the “Mysterious Mite” and describing her stage presence as that of an “old trouper.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
At some point after the nicknaming, our Radar grew about six inches and started wearing contacts, so I suppose that 3.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
