as in names
to give a name to
christened the new baby "Ophelia"
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The complaint also names City Manager Eric Carpenter, Commissioners David Suarez and Tanya Katzoff Bhatt, and unnamed police detectives as defendants.—
Aaron Leibowitz,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026 -
Wells Fargo names Levi Strauss a top pick Wells says Levi's a is a new top idea at the bank.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2026
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Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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In the show, a concerned person nominates friends or family members on the brink of financial collapse to receive Collins’s financial guidance.—
Victoria Baeza Garcia,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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For the annual awards, an expert panel of 10Best editors nominates spots in various categories and invites the public to cast a vote for their favorites over a monthlong period, according to the news outlet’s website.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Origin’s platform, powered by an AI engine the company calls Cuido, ingests and structures that fragmented data—from policies, contracts, renewals, broker reports, and vendor platforms—into a single, queryable system of record.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
25 Mar. 2026
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Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping represents one of more than 80 reported missing persons cases in the Tucson, Arizona, area, and calls attention to families' ceaseless efforts to locate loved ones.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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One provision designates animal protein as an incentive food under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, meaning that stores could sell meat at a discount to people on food benefits.—
Sarah Todd,
STAT,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Constitution designates the president as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but this title simply preserves civilian control over the military.—
William J Watkins Jr,
Oc Register,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Dude Humor Report literally labels itself as satire, and many similar pages do the same in their bios or post descriptions.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Jean-Claude Brizard, CEO of the education nonprofit Digital Promise, which is part of the certification project, compared it to Energy Star labels on appliances.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
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Garamendi said the tools exist for Lara, who terms out of office next year, to ensure policyholders are paid in a timely manner.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
17 Dec. 2025
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Regrettably, no one terms the incident a Mass murder.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Dec. 2025
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And a fight between Morris and the church over whether an employment agreement entitles him and his wife to between $600,000 and $800,000 annually is playing out in state court in Tarrant County as well as in Christian arbitration before the Ambassadors of Reconciliation.—
Michelle Casady,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Fink’s deal entitles him to an undisclosed percentage of carry incentive distributions from a composite bucket of 10 of BlackRock’s flagship private market funds that raised capital in 2024.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Christens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/christens. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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