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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
namecheck .
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Examples
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Whereupon Miss T namechecks the 'twitter king and ultimate prankster himself' Ashton Kutcher, who has seemingly been her inspiration to punk the chosen 14 girls by setting them up to believe they're all going home - to teach them about Rejection.
Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: America's Next Top Model, Cycle 16 Premiere Holly Cara Price 2011
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My clue – "grab a slice and a page on the street that Biggie namechecks in his freestyle when he was just 17" – came from Jay-Z. com.
Jay-Z: join the hunt for his memoirs in New York Carlene Thomas-Bailey 2010
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The New York Times editorial page namechecks Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) this morning calling on the Senate to support her financial reform bill amendments to regulate derivative markets.
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This record is dedicated to London, New York and Glasgow, the cities he finds most inspiring – the wordless closing track, Thameslink London's Burning, even namechecks one of the capital's commuter rail lines.
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Ferdinand namechecks Gary Neville and David James, both of whom – like many other celebs – have dabbled in low-carbon vehicles.
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Asked if he'd sack Bernanke, Romney says he'd replace him, and asked by who, namechecks Milton Friedman long dead, along with economist Greg Mankiw, who isn't dead.8.38pm: Listening to this group of candidates, you'd never know that Republicans have actually been in the White House for 28 of the last 43 years.
GOP presidential economics debate in New Hampshire - as it happened 2011
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And in the video here, Gregoire namechecks Medicaid.
You Haven’t Seen Gov. Gregoire Act This Gubernatorial Since Her Days as AG. « PubliCola 2010
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Oddly, we get Mica Paris and Beverley Knight chuntering, roughly speaking, that Prince loves the lord, but Prince also loves sex, but sometimes he namechecks God when he's being sexy so that's OK.
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Miller namechecks new artist Grimes, "whose sound resembles Aphex Twin", and James Blake, "who definitely references 90s Bristolian trip-hop artists like Portishead and Tricky".
Stone Roses, Trainspotting and the grunge look: the 90s revival is here 2012
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This is a particularly fine example, as not only does it spew vastly entertaining venom in all directions, it also namechecks one of my bosses 'early games.
September 18th, 2008 dame_habonde 2008
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