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• Don’t be fooled by the name of the Texas city called Godley.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• The year kicks off with a sacred month by the name of Muharram.
  — Manal Aman, Woman's Day, 12 June 2023
• In the end, the first two races were won by a 16-year-old kid from Santee, Calif., by the name of Marty Tripes.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• For about three months, Angie had been seeing a painter by the name of Frank Wade.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
• The label was called Nicetown Records and was run by an ex-prison guard by the name of Ted Wing.
  — Jonathan Rowe and Chris Schwartz, SPIN, 2 Nov. 2023
• In charge of polishing all those prospects: a coach by the name of Joe Maddon.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Its scribe was an up-and-coming Scot by the name of Grant Morrison.
  — Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
• The Stunt The story begins with a man by the name of Charlie Cinnamon.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• And there was a real good guy by the name of Daniel Powell who was the showrunner on, with Jessi Klein.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
• One of the moments that brought me such joy was when a local high school student by the name of Shakur Jackson.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• Once upon a time, in the magical land of New York City, there lived a bright young man by the name of Apollo.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2023
• In 1932, a linguist by the name of George Zipf had his students count the letters in the book Ulysses to see how many there were of each letter.
  — Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 8 Nov. 2023
• There was the year in math class when the teacher kept calling her by the name of another Black student.
  — Collin Binkley, Annie Ma, and Noreen Nasir, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2024
• At the time, Wade noted that his child had decided to go by the name of Zaya, and be referred to by she/her pronouns.
  — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2023
• The complainant had no employee by the name of the person accused of stealing, police said.
  — Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
• Buzz around Millz’s work started in July, when a TikTok user by the name of @justdesean posted a video to his page.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
• In the '90s, the comedy genre saw a seismic shift in its side-splitting landscape with the emergence of a certain over-the-top, zany comic by the name of Jim Carrey.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 July 2022
• Her father, Jason Johnson, was a local rap hero who went by the name of Camouflage.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• But some lil girl by the name of Elle King apparently cussed and insulted some of Dolly’s fans by not knowing a song.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
• And what really helped me the first part of recovery was seeing South Carolina get such a great coach by the name of Eddie Fogler.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
• Hyunju Cho is a retired graphic designer who, on her YouTube channel, also goes by the name of Pearlysien.
  — Richard Quest, CNN, 8 May 2023
• An accountant by the name of Carmencita (Paula Luchsinger) arrives, to sort out the family finances, not least the funds that were stashed away like a squirrel’s nuts.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• The trailer focused on a single protagonist, a woman by the name of Lucia.
  — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2023
• My columns on the state of hiring in finance and accounting prompted a reader who goes by the name of Steve L. to share his experience.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022
• However, a service by the name of Friday Plans is breaking those barriers and emerging as a game-changer in the realm of ED treatment.
  — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Nathan Harrison was brought West, originally, by a man by the name of Mr. Harrison.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• The legend says that a young Mexican girl by the name of Pepita was on her way to visit baby Jesus at a nativity scene at a chapel.
  — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The former prisoner of war, who goes by the name of David, finally got his chance Thursday at a Kyiv crematorium.
  — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 22 July 2022
• Caldwell orchestrates it all with a tangible application of joy, especially in the scenes with that life force by the name of Adenikeh.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
• On Tuesday, a TikTok user by the name of @queenbeyswife shared a comparison video featuring the youngster's dancing skills from the start of the tour to today, several months on.
  — Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 17 Aug 2024