Example Sentences
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On recruiting websites, a seafarer surnamed Wang posted that he was recently on the Catalina 7 between last May and this March, traveling between Southeast Asia and China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
In Beijing, a man surnamed Liu had worked for 15 years collecting map data for a Chinese tech company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
In a park surrounding the mausoleum, 74-year-old Nanjing resident surnamed Fen told AFP on Wednesday that he had come to the area after hearing of Cheng's visit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
"If the faces are unrecognisable, there are personal items for people to identify," said a woman surnamed Cheung who was looking for her relatives.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
Not, perhaps, the greatest of them, but certainly the one whose memory has lasted longest, was "Richard, surnamed Strongbow, Earl of Strigul," who came to the assistance of Dermot Macmorrogh, King of Leinster, in 1172.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)
