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"No one ever thought we could go viral like this," Fava told AFP on Wednesday, as the pair returned to Testaccio square, in the namesake historic working-class district of the Italian capital, for another spin.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

The entertainment company, which owns CBS, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and its namesake studio, also boosted its profit guidance for the year as it works to keep a lid on costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Bon Jovi’s “Forever” tour is the first since the namesake frontman had surgery to repair a vocal cord injury in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Totoro’s real launch into pop culture’s stratosphere came a year later, when NTV brought his namesake movie to a broader audience, exploding its fandom beyond Japan.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Mkentane portrayed his namesake, while I played John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

From Shohei Ohtani to Clayton Kershaw to Freddie Freeman — all have inspired namesakes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

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

I also wish I could have included the proto-punk group the Monks, who often dressed like their namesakes, but the band’s great 1966 album “Black Monk Time” isn’t available on any streaming platforms.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

He didn't miss her enough to become obsessed with her name, to date her namesakes over and over and over and over again.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green