nickname

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Other recorded conversations mention "The One", a nickname which Civil Guard investigators believe refers to Sanchez himself.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Aswath Damodaran, the New York University finance professor with the nickname the “dean of valuation,” had estimated, before getting a look at the prospectus, that SpaceX was worth $1.2 trillion.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The club's nickname 'Los Tuzos', translates to 'the gophers', referring to a burrowing rodent found in North and Central America and serving as a nod to their mining heritage.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

When prebiotic soda Poppi jokingly teased a nonexistent “Amaya Papaya” beverage, using the nickname of Amaya Espinal, last year’s winning contestant and fan favorite, ITV sent the Pepsi-owned brand a cease-and-desist letter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Instead, they, too, gave him the fond nickname Batya, Russian for “Dad”—even though he was only about ten years older than most of them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein