surname
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The family also received incorrect information about how to make a complaint and on another occasion were sent a form for another family with the same surname.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
For many fans outside Mexico, the surname Ochoa is synonymous with the World Cup.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The surname was taken from the town in Iraqi Kurdistan he and the other leaders of the network were from.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
On the front of the book, Estha had rubbed out his surname with spit, and taken half the paper with it.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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