named

Example Sentences

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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

Previous reports had named Prestige Construction and Engineering Company as the registered contractor for the renovations.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Hughie and Annie are expecting a daughter named Robin, for example — a reveal that left Quaid in tears.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The stock has also jumped 50% since Darren Rebelez was named as one of Barron’s Best CEOs last June.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

And it was strange, he’d thought, how the trees—though Clare named them and talked to them and felt desperate for their affection—never perked up to see him the way Captain did.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman