namesake

In an isolated island village, a namesake challenge to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan seemed harmless—until the candidate vanished and federal agents started knocking on doors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The group, which apart from its namesake brand also includes Mini and Rolls-Royce, has promised to shift more of the supply chain for its Chinese vehicles into China to try to regain market share.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

To be considered for an asteroid namesake, someone must nominate you, and in Nežič's case, two people put his name forward.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The strange metal of his namesake clings to him from forehead to jaw like silver paint, revealing every feature of his face, from the thin eyebrows to the hard angles of his cheekbones.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Woody and Christopher were the namesakes of Johnson’s surviving siblings, the former a prominent Republican fundraiser and owner of the New York Jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

After the family moved to England in 2010, the boys would often meet their namesakes at Etihad Stadium.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

Dodgers fans like Weaver with namesakes on the Bronx Bombers are in a bit of a pickle this fall, caught between the team they support and the American League stalwart whose name they share.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

Like their mythical namesakes, these pygmy squids are intimately connected with their natural environments in the emerald waters of Okinawa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023

When she had visited Chicago a couple of years ago, she had told Petra that all of her namesakes had grown up to be very beautiful and very lucky.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett