surname
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South Korea’s coast guard said they had detained a Chinese man in his 60s with the surname Dong in waters off the west coast of the peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Beijing’s municipal government used Liu’s case, identifying him only by his surname, as an example to remind employers that AI isn’t a valid reason to fire people.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
You can see all of these below - listed in alphabetical order by each candidate's surname.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Shortly before he took office in January 2025, the Chinese government and official media began using a different Chinese character for "lu" to represent the first syllable in his surname.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
When he left us she bid him goodbye using his surname, with neither irony nor derision.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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