dubbed 1 of 2

past tense of dub

dubbed

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adjective

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Recent Examples of dubbed
Adjective
The new longer-range variant – dubbed the UMPB-5 – has already been used in strikes against Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine in recent days. Tim Lister, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 On a limestone monument dubbed Foundation Rock, archaeologists have identified a powerful and extremely rare Maya queen who ruled Cobá in the sixth century AD. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025 What Happens Next The incident will add to calls for bolstering Europe's air defenses which was discussed by EU leaders on Thursday, who have endorsed a plan dubbed Readiness 2030 to ensure that the continent can defend itself against an outside attack by the end of the decade. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 Media from Japan, China, the US, UK and Australia, along with over 40,000 attendees, have assembled in Tokyo for a three-day celebration dubbed Fender Experience 2025, with new series launches, artist and master builder talks, guitar workshops and live shows across three venues. New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025 Entering our bungalow, dubbed The Herbalist, felt like walking into a stylish friend’s thoughtfully furnished New England guest house. Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025 However, in March photos emerged of a series of new barge-like PLA ships dubbed Shuiqiao that can link together to form a loading dock from over a half-mile out to sea—drastically boosting Beijing’s land invasion potency. Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 This is the uniform in which DesRochers greets me at the nucleus of her sprawling entrepreneurial pursuits that are dubbed The Gratitude Collective, her brick home sitting high atop a hill in Avondale. Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025 The Boring Company is now working on a 10-mile tunnel project from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, to its airport, dubbed the Music City Loop. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dubbed
Verb
  • The two were falsely named as recruits to the university's crew team, even though neither ever participated in the sport, including posing for photos of themselves working out using crew machines.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And with Crosby being an Eastern Michigan alum and having grown up a Lions fan, the dots seemingly connect themselves, which is why Bleacher Report’s Moe Moton named the Lions as one of the frontrunners to trade for the 28-year-old edge-rusher.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Onana then fumbled a low cross from the right by Yasin Ayari, with the ball falling to the feet of Georginio Rutter.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Last season, Daniels fumbled the ball twice in the last five minutes.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The day of her death Milwaukee police would be called three more times before Zettel took her last breath.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Before dawn on July 18, 1858, Carrington was suddenly called home.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After the final whistle blew at Memorial Stadium, Kiffin made some headlines for his postgame behavior toward an Oklahoma player.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But as the team was celebrating, the officials on the field blew the play dead and gave Philadelphia the first down.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Denegal, shaking off what was termed a stinger, returned for the following series.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Third-party nationals, as non-EU citizens are termed, are only allowed to spend 90 out of every 180 days in the bloc.
    Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • State social studies standards for years have included discussion of how white Tulsans murdered as many as 300 Black people.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Containers not properly labeled.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The whole field was turning into an ideological battleground between proponents of experimental physics, which became known as Deutsche Physik, and theoretical physics, labeled Jüdische Physik.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The space race is heating up NASA is suggesting SpaceX could be booted from its mission to land astronauts on the moon later this decade.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There's been talk that one college football coach in particular might get booted soon despite being at his university for a little over a year.
    Anne Erickson, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025

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