named

Example Sentences

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Cody named himself after “Buffalo Bill,” one of the most famous showmen of the American Old West, and used the moniker for the rest of his career.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

One Page Six reporter told Esquire in 2020 that Trump once served as a named source in a piece about his love life—and also as multiple anonymous sources quoted in the article.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In 2017 a Thai woman called Wanna Suansan was detained on arrival in Bangkok on a warrant linked to the shrine blast -- making her the third named suspect arrested by police.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In 1975, a Brazilian named Edson Arantes do Nascimento landed in New York to sign for a short-lived team called the Cosmos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Another of the Lincoln’s sons, a toddler named Eddie, had died years before, and when Mary was just six years old, her own mother had died in childbirth.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock