dubbed

Example Sentences

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The blaze, dubbed the Vista fire, was reported at 4:20 p.m. near El Toro Road, north of the Riverside County city, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

By the time he was sent to a compound dubbed "Whiskey 108" on 12 April 2009, he had more than a decade of service and a Medal of Gallantry under his belt.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

While it wasn’t necessarily a style I’d gravitate toward personally, one tour that really sticks in my mind was for a property dubbed “Billionaire” in Bel-Air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The needy can also ask for clothing at 523 Amazor street in the Buenos Aires suburb of Fiorito, where the player dubbed Argentina's "Golden Boy" grew up in grinding poverty.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

While a handful of his colleagues embraced his cure, most of Philadelphia’s doctors condemned his methods and dubbed Rush the “Prince of Bleeders.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy