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as in puppy
a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes
a dog who needs a loving home
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she must think that you're a real dog after hearing those tasteless jokes you told last night
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public
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as in to hound
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room
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Recent Examples of dog
Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
The benefits of downward dog Downward dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana, is particularly helpful for combatting this spinal compression.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
The delay in the completion of Raye’s second album is unfortunately of a piece with setbacks that once dogged her.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
While several found the texture of this one favorable, most felt like the strong vinegar flavor was a little too bitter to enjoy on sandwiches or dogs.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
The benefits of downward dog Downward dog, or Adho Mukha Svanasana, is particularly helpful for combatting this spinal compression.
—Ana Morales, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
The lawmaker said Trump doesn’t like bad headlines and negative media coverage, something that has dogged Kennedy since his Senate confirmation proceedings.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
The delay in the completion of Raye’s second album is unfortunately of a piece with setbacks that once dogged her.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dog
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This law will help shut down deceptive puppy sales and expose the cruelty that still exists in far too many places.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Keao says yes, just not a puppy.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rather than chasing gimmicks, the company has doubled down on image quality, system reliability, and post-incident usability.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The child ran away from the boy, who is accused of chasing him with the knife.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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McConnell got to his spots easily for pull-up jumpers and picked Dillingham clean after hounding him in the backcourt to force one of the second-year point guard’s three turnovers.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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The search for answers grew more desperate after Payne, wracked with grief and hounded by reporters, died by suicide near the very spot where Mary’s body had been found.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Saddled with an uninteresting jerk half the time and a muzzled non-entity the other half, there’s only a handful of moments in the first six episodes where Powell’s star power shines through.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Sep. 2025
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For a taste of the Caribbean, head to Kingston Kitchen at the Village Inn, where chef Shawn Fearon serves the flavors of his native Jamaica—oxtail, jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish, curried goat, and the best whitefish sandwich on the island.—
Christine Chitnis,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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An estimated 10,200 Venezuelans were deported between February and early October, according to deportation flight data tracked by the nonprofit Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Neighbors for a Better San Diego, a group that represents mostly single-family homeowners and opposes nearby higher-density development, criticized the report for not tracking how many homes get demolished to make way for new projects.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After nearly a decade of using the sign to needle the beer capital, Anheuser-Busch walked away from the ad and was replaced by Miller Brewing.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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But Carr suggested a more technical approach to needle Trump’s media annoyances, saying in a Thursday episode of The Scott Jennings Podcast that the commission may review whether ABC’s The View should be subject to what’s known as the equal time rule.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That rescue mutt had been known for years as Everest, but enough of that.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
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With a run time of less than fifteen minutes, the film featured Smith in two of its four segments, shown playing with dolls with a female companion in a bathtub in one, and dressed as a clown on the roof of an apartment building in another.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Oct. 2025
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The biggest losers are the very citizens electing these clowns.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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