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The U.S. removed 600 kilograms of 90% highly enriched uranium from a plant in Kazakhstan in a secret 1994 operation dubbed Project Sapphire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Many fire officials and safety advocates have essentially argued anything that can burn, will burn and have supported removing virtually anything capable of combustion from this zone within 5 feet of houses, dubbed “Zone Zero.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

He had once kept an ancient raven, which he’d dubbed Edgar Allan Crow, and he’d labored for years to get the bird to speak the word nevermore.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly