christened

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Christened on the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1942, it went on to earn 19 battle stars during 21 years of active service.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2024

Christened the Meyers Manx, the vehicle was the invention of Bruce Meyers, a surfer and boatbuilder who melded old Volkswagen Beetle parts with a fiberglass body.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

Christened Vivian after the Australian tennis star Vivian McGrath, James won permission from his mother to choose an unequivocally masculine name.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2019

Christened Jeremy, he was given the nickname Paddy when he went to school in England, after spending his childhood years in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2019

Christened the Sagarmatha Environmental Expedition, Fischer’s team removed 5,000 pounds of trash from the mountain—which was very good for the landscape and turned out to be even better public relations.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer