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The app took the global spotlight last year when a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok sent American users, dubbed "TikTok refugees", flocking to RedNote.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Intense heat can affect anyone, including fit and healthy people, and is dubbed a 'silent killer' because early symptoms are easily overlooked.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Nobel laureate, dubbed the “godfather of AI” for his work on artificial neural networks, warns of a 10% to 20% chance AI will wipe out humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The blaze, dubbed the Grande fire, ignited at 2:20 p.m. south of the 126 Freeway, east of Lake Piru.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
I was dubbed the Black Pimpernel, a somewhat derogatory adaptation of Baroness Orczy’s fictional character the Scarlet Pimpernel, who daringly evaded capture during the French Revolution.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
