eponymous
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Elsewhere, "Posh finally makes some dosh" features next to a photo of Victoria Beckham, reporting on the improved fortunes of her previously ailing eponymous fashion label.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The city and its eponymous county have had enough land to build more housing if the need arose, but population growth has stalled out, leaving St. Louis well supplied with homes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The Womack Sisters’ debut eponymous LP hits that sweet spot between familiar and fresh, and puts their “collage of culture” on full display.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mr. Brunt, whose previous book was a biography of Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the eponymous engine, reckons that by 1910 Russia was second only to Germany as the most “dieselized” country on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
His most sustained attack on rhetoric comes in his dialogue Gorgias, where he imagines Socrates giving the eponymous rhetorician the third degree.*
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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