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christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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Recent Examples of christen
When the two men finished with Burnett, Canoni returned to the stage to officially christen U2 as the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize recipient, and the Cain’s audience responded with a final ovation.
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The Los Angeles Clippers christened Frontwave Arena a year ago, playing the first-ever basketball game in Oceanside’s sparkling new venue.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
The champagne bottle used to christen the ship did not break on the first try, so there were superstitions around the ship from the beginning.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The beauty giant recently christened four stores on Prince Street in Manhattan for respective brands — Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Tom Ford Beauty, Jo Malone London and Kilian Paris — with a celebratory dinner taking place on the street, which saw a bevy of company executives turn out.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The Los Angeles Clippers christened Frontwave Arena a year ago, playing the first-ever basketball game in Oceanside’s sparkling new venue.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
The champagne bottle used to christen the ship did not break on the first try, so there were superstitions around the ship from the beginning.
—Angelika Ytuarte, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
The beauty giant recently christened four stores on Prince Street in Manhattan for respective brands — Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, Tom Ford Beauty, Jo Malone London and Kilian Paris — with a celebratory dinner taking place on the street, which saw a bevy of company executives turn out.
—James Manso, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
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The Philippines is no stranger to typhoons and Kalmaegi made landfall as the equivalent of a category 2 hurricane – the 20th named storm to impact the country this year, according to local officials.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Two tipsters had told Carpenter that a man named Don Miller had stolen human remains and burial pieces from Native American graves along with other cultural artifacts from around the world.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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Jackson had contacted him about a BBC drama series called Vigil.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Anyone with information is asked to call 311 and reference activity number A25-554251.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Soon, Wegovy and Zepbound will be sold on a new website—dubbed TrumpRx—for only about $250 a month, a fraction of their current retail price of more than $1,000.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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The observatory is conducting a ten-year-long survey of the southern sky, dubbed the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which has as one of its principal goals improving our understanding of the nature of both dark energy and dark matter.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Stefánsson’s novels have been nominated three times for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature, and his novel Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night received the Icelandic Prize for Literature in 2005.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Now, both Warren and Rae are nominated as Best New Artists at the Grammy Awards.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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The trade comes after Black was designated for assignment last week.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
11 Nov. 2025
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Gatica has remained an ICE fugitive since that ruling, officials said, living in California, which designates itself a sanctuary state.—
Greg Wehner , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Create a note and label the dishes so everyone knows where everything goes.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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Most of the products are labeled as remedies for common complaints.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
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Despite creating the album in New York, it’s titled after Silo Park in Auckland.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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That home was loved enough to have its photograph framed and titled.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Joe Carollo served two back-to-back terms and is now termed out.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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The media generally termed that action a wildcat strike—meaning a strike without union authorization—but that term wasn’t a perfect fit, since the NBPA was not in opposition.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Christen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christen. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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