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In effect, a threat to make Canada the 51st state is pushing America’s northern neighbor so close to Europe that leaders have begun to half-in-jest dub it the EU’s newest member.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
While one shows up at gigs and rave nights, the other is a bit more pub than dub.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The sum -- equal to more than $1 billion at the exchange rate at the time of the ruling -- led local media to dub it the "divorce of the century".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the same year as “Donnie Darko,” Chase lent her voice to the American dub of Hayao Miyazaki’s tender “Spirited Away,” voicing its protagonist Chihiro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Poppet and Widget adore them, and promptly dub them Bootes and Pavo, though later they can never quite remember which of the identical kittens is which and refer to them collectively whenever possible.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The ride-hailing company is establishing a new chauffeuring brand, dubbed Alcove, that caters to demand for full days of executive travel between client meetings, conferences and flights, Chief Executive David Risher said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Some of her most inventive haters have dubbed her “Beera Tanden.”
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
More than 10 years ago, the West Midlands was dubbed the gun crime capital of England and Wales.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Cerutti was speaking ahead of a UN biodiversity summit which will look at efforts made by countries to protect 30 percent of the world's land and oceans by 2030, dubbed the 30x30 goal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Beneath his gentle exterior, Washington was a ruthless and jealous man who commanded a powerful network of supporters and spies, dubbed by the opposition the “Tuskegee machine.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Watching the stop-motion monsters climb over ruined walls to poke at Greece’s elite soldiers, it’s easy to forgive the movie for its less-than-stellar dubbing or borderline nonsensical love story.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Metro covers the hunt for eclipse glasses, dubbing it Black Wednesday as the demand for specs to watch the solar eclipse has resulted in a "money-making bonanza" for shops.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The postings suggest the Disney, Netflix and Amazon studios are building repeatable AI workflows for visual effects, animation, sound and dubbing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
He’s said bad periods are a feature as much as a bug, dubbing it “time arbitrage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Baba burst out in gales of his deep- throated laughter—a sound not unlike a truck engine revving up—and, when he could talk again, explained to us the concept of voice dubbing.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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