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Niles

American  
[nahylz] / naɪlz /

noun

  1. a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.

  2. a city in NE Ohio.

  3. a city in SW Michigan.

  4. a male given name, form of Neil.


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Crocs is introducing its first full-fledged advertising mascot, a six-foot crocodile named Niles, the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Patrick Coffee reports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Executives hope Niles, the brainchild of Crocs Inc. Chief Brand Officer Terence Reilly, will boost sales and cultural cachet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

To one fund manager who was there, Dan Niles, the closer parallel is 1997.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Niles back then was a highly regarded analyst covering chip stocks and PC hardware, before pivoting to become a fund manager.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

“Speaking of which,'’ Niles says, “I think we should focus on what happened that day. What do you remember about being under the simulation?”

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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