an acerbic and provocative blogger known to most only by her online nom de guerre
Recent Examples on the WebOne of those soldiers was Ernest Raymond Gantt, whose nom de guerre, in peacetime anyway, was Donn Beach.—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 27 July 2024 On those two missions — plus another raid on a pair of Germain aircraft plants near Marienburg on October 9 that Orloff hasn’t dramatized — the 100th Bomb Group earned its morbid nom de guerre, losing nearly half its airmen in just three disastrous days.—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024 But Girkin, whose nom de guerre is Igor Strelkov, was never arrested in Russia over the plane incident, which killed all 298 passengers and crew members onboard.—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024 Afterward, said a militant who identified himself only as Ahmad, the Israeli intelligence officer responsible for the area, who goes by the nom de guerre Captain Iyad, called fighters’ relatives.—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for nom de guerre
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