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Sebastian

American

[si-bas-chuhn] / sɪˈbæs tʃən /

noun

Saint, died a.d. 288?, Roman martyr.
a male given name.

Sebastian British

/ sɪˈbæstjən /

noun

Saint. died ?288 _ad , Christian martyr. According to tradition, he was first shot with arrows and then beaten to death. Feast day: Jan 20

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Days later, Bolivian police -- working in cooperation with US intelligence -- made the high-profile arrest of Sebastian Marset in the city of Santa Cruz.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

From the first notes of its new single “Specter” — a brooding vocal workout for Sebastian that ended on pulverizing riffs — Bad Omens used cutting-edge tools and underground influence to elicit arena-rock catharsis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“With every week that the war in Iran continues, economic sentiment is further dampened and economic growth slows down again,” Sebastian Wanke, economist at KfW Research, said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Sebastian Marset was arrested this Friday at dawn in a Bolivian police operation," the source, who asked not to be identified, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Although I hadn’t yet chosen St. Sebastian as my patron saint, he must have been working overtime, because I felt hardly any pain in my ankle after surgery.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

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