names
Example Sentences
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The names of four of the Great Lakes - Ontario, Huron, Michigan and Erie - originate from indigenous words.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"I have given their names, but am yet to hear anything," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
She recites the names of the Mexicans Guthrie envisioned on the plummeting plane — Juan, Rosalita, Jesús and María — with tenderness, not pity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
For readers who remember the Cold War, Ms. Goldberg’s account is full of names that will be resonant, even nostalgic: Andrei Gromyko, Andrei Sakharov, Natan Sharansky, George Shultz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I shouted names until I was hoarse and heard them repeated from mouth to mouth down the long corridor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
