How to Use dub in a Sentence

dub

1 of 2 verb
  • The couple launched a food trailer in 2015 and dubbed it La Pote-Ria.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • Just put these two in a movie together, dub it The Book of Megan, and call it a day.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Our experts dubbed it one of the best pellet grills, as well.
    John Sass, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
  • It’s dubbed as a romance story, but there’s just so much life in it.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The two-game series, dubbed the Seoul Series, will be held Wednesday and Thursday.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
  • That is, until the 'sister' palette, dubbed ‘The Neutrals,’ entered the scene.
    Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • They were dubbed the Ten Percenters to match the population of African Americans at the time.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The event, dubbed Bockfest, was meant to celebrate both the coming of spring and Over-the-Rhine's brewing heritage.
    Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The California Chamber of Commerce has dubbed the bill a job-killer.
    Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Things go awry when he’s presumed dead and a replacement clone, dubbed Mickey 8, tries to take his place.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
  • No one would be dubbed or would be pretending to play an instrument.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Its first vehicle, dubbed the Model A, is a street-legal car that can ride on roads and park in a standard parking space.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 4 July 2023
  • The suites belong to what the store has dubbed the Fifth Avenue Club and is dedicated to private-client shopping and styling services.
    Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The fires, dubbed the Tyee Ridge complex, sparked Thursday, officials said.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 26 Aug. 2023
  • While Plummer did record songs for the film, his vocals were ultimately dubbed over by Bill Lee.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • This was the giddy box-office event dubbed Barbenheimer.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Apple’s headset, dubbed Vision Pro, has been rumored for years and was announced in June 2023.
    Mike Williams, wsj.com, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Another group lives in a Beverly Hills home dubbed the Clubhouse.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
  • My family dubbed this pie the star of the dessert spread, a high honor when competing with my grandma’s famous lemon squares.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 26 June 2023
  • The set surges back up the list following its deluxe reissue on March 22 (dubbed the Guts [Spilled] edition) with five additional tracks.
    Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The recent debut of an urban resort dubbed the Bardo in Savannah brings the highest per-night rate ever to the city.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
  • The fire, dubbed the Boulder fire, has burned over 60 acres in a heavily forested area on steep slopes, officials said Sunday.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 9 July 2023
  • By this point, the session had already gone into overtime, and the new draft, dubbed the U.A.E. Consensus, was quickly adopted.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Every meal begins with a small flute of champagne fittingly dubbed the Tinker toast.
    The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Even more, this bag has earned high marks from Travel + Leisure editors, who dubbed it the best overall choice in their hardside luggage test.
    Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Women at a California prison dubbed the ‘rape club’ now worry where they’ll be transferred.
    Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The film will be available both in Japanese with English subtitles and dubbed in English.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Here, four locals take on the plum assignment of picking their favorite stops in the city many lovingly dub Sacratomato.
    Leilani Marie Labong, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The coda most frequently issued by members of Unit R, which has been dubbed 1+1+3, has a cha-cha-esque rhythm and might be rendered in English as click . . .
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • One model—which Google later dubbed Lyria—was just emerging from the lab, and Mohan and his colleagues were beginning to ponder how to put it to use.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
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dub

2 of 2 noun
  • Hero took it easy on Joe, but Joe still couldn’t get a dub.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The group goes even further with its sound exploration, adding dub and hip to the mix.
    Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • On top of the country and the world, there are tons of other options for dubs fans to get some gear if one of these items doesn’t do it for you.
    oregonlive, 13 June 2023
  • The film and its Hindi-language dub is due a Jan. 13 release with previews on Jan. 12.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The new Pokémon anime dub doesn’t have a premiere date yet, but it’s meant to launch sometime this year.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The styles Britt explores range from Jamaican dub, Detroit house and British drum-and-bass to hip-hop, techno, fusion-jazz and the avant-garde.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Our testers love how this set makes learning fun and gives kids a chance to practice spelling their name and other words while scrub-a-dub-dubbing.
    Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 24 Oct. 2022
  • New episodes drop weekly, and the English dub premieres this Saturday.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This music has a real deep and heavy sub-bass influenced by dub and reggae culture.
    Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Kraftwerk’s music helped lay the foundation not only for house and techno, but also for synth-pop, hip-hop, electro-pop, dub-step and more.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2022
  • That said, actor Temuera Morrison does voice his character, Boba Fett, in the dub.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Her partner composes and plays Volga dub, a kind of Russian reggae—the soundtrack of the pacifist pirates of the river.
    Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • James is a modern classicist — a sort of reggae Dave Cobb — who is well-versed in vintage dub vibes and clearly plays well with studio vets.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Facebook Live went viral on TikTok, soundtracking lip dub and dance trends.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Lucasfilm packed the English dub cast with familiar faces.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The film features sequences in Comanche dialogue, and there will be an option for a Comanche-language dub while viewing the film on Hulu.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 July 2022
  • Dallas’ Will Zalatoris — and his six top 10’s in major championships — is going for his first dub this week in Brookline.
    Dallas News, 15 June 2022
  • Everyone wants a dub for Coach Caddy against Jimbo Fisher.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Still, even with a limited number of languages, Aloud could be a useful tool as a growing number of creators add multi-language dubs to their videos.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 22 June 2023
  • With a heavy reliance on the earth-trembling bass of dub and reggae, The Harder They Fall presents a refreshingly anachronistic sonic landscape.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The music on her record, which was co-produced by Killing Joke's Youth, mines such genres as punk, dub, experimental, electronic and even '60s girl group pop.
    David Chiu, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Fortunately, Natochenny made the audition, got the part and went on to voice the iconic character in the English dub of the Pokémon anime series for 17 years.
    Jhaan Elker, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Our search for the Yiddish Rampage dub came up tragically short; the filmmakers just laid on subtitles.
    Rebecca Alter, Curbed, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Early on, Honeywood watched a dub of the game’s opening anime sequence, which had been overseen by Baskett before his departure.
    Aidan Moher, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Not only reggae and dub, but also hip-hop, rock and every strain of electronic music have been touched by his visionary studio wizardry.
    Patricia Meschino, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Their blend of familiar elements of classic soul, dub, rock and psychedelia — combined with the warm sensibilities of their sound — was the perfect transition as sunset turned into evening.
    Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Prey will instead default to all actors speaking English from beginning to end, with a full dialogue dub for the film's American Indian actors available for those who prefer it.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 7 June 2022
  • Slugger, as he’s known in the English dub — soon becomes a serial assailant, striking again and again at seemingly random targets as the two detectives assigned to the case struggle to discern his identity and motive.
    John Maher, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2022
  • To offer multiple dubs on a video, creators will be able to add different audio tracks through the subtitles editor tool on YouTube and can update new and existing videos with additional audio tracks.
    J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
  • During a Zoom call ahead of the series’s premiere, Vulture spoke with Gutiérrez about crafting his fantasy epic, making the Spanish dub feel like its own thing, playing with aspect ratios, and the importance of representation in fantasy.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2021

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