surname
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Before that, the 50-year-old artist, who years ago dropped his surname Javacheff, erected a billowing, white “running fence” that curved through California farm lands like a ghostly ribbon dropped by an unseen hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Knowing his history of branding and licensing his surname, this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
It was only in the second half of 1777, Mr. Overhoff writes, that Frederick learned to spell Washington’s surname correctly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
My partner, Jennie, says she never really thought about my surname when we met and it has never been an issue for her.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
It is a direct translation of her surname, Engel, from the German.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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