household name
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The film that made me a household name was probably “Edward Scissorhands.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Wong became a household name during Hong Kong's 2014 protests, known as the Umbrella Movement, after he gave speeches alongside fellow student leaders Nathan Law and Alex Chow.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
It's just that Kildunne's dip comes with the large spotlight of her being the Red Roses' household name.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
As a popular Tejano singer and winner of two Latin Grammys, he is already a household name in the Rio Grande Valley.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
In 1951, long before James Watson would become a household name around the world, the novelist Doris Lessing took a three-hour walk with the young Watson, whom she knew through a friend of a friend.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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