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dub

[duhb] / dʌb /


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Taking its name from medieval castles, long-term investors dub a dominant company’s ability to maintain its edge a “moat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

She and four other female authors—Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Baroness Orczy and Ngaio Marsh—team up and dub themselves the Queens of Crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

The Brisbane Courier Mail claimed England are "not even trying anymore", the Advertiser from Adelaide labelled the tourists "rub a dub duds" and Sydney's Daily Telegraph carried the headline "Surfed and Turfed".

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

His library task was to dub every LP in the collection onto cassettes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

He had been posed so often that he seemed to know what was wanted of him when the press corps buzzed around, prompting the reporters to dub him “Movie Star.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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