dubbed

Example Sentences

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The blaze, dubbed the November fire, was reported at 10 a.m. in the November Training Area near Wire Mountain Housing, according to the Marine Corps Base.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Some Download festivals have been all about the sunscreen and bucket hats, while others have ended up being dubbed "Drownload" and "Brownload", for the amount of rain and ensuing mud.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Major employers' organisations and unions have dubbed it the "chaos initiative".

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Commissioners twice delayed voting on two other projects, dubbed “Project Red and Project Yellow,” that together would cover 677 acres neighboring two existing power plants.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

The students, dubbed the “Little Rock Nine,” made it to class that day—and finished out the entire school year.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry