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: any of a breed of small short-legged smooth-coated often black, white, and tan hounds
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TikTok user @geemaaax began to worry when her beagle, Poppy, started swaying back and forth.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Meghan and husband Prince Harry are also adoptive dog parents to a black Labrador named Pula and a senior rescue beagle named Mamma Mia — but only Guy appears in the holiday special, making his cameo bittersweet.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
The lab is home to two highly advanced legged humanoid robots, with the largest standing about 6 feet tall and the smaller reaching roughly the height of a 10-year-old child, as well as a quadruped robot with dog-like attributes and the build of a beagle.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Apparently, none of this was in Guy’s year-in-a-week intensive Talamasca training, since this guy is an absolute dopey beagle in terms of instantly trusting sketchy characters.
—Lily Osler, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
Meghan and husband Prince Harry are also adoptive dog parents to a black Labrador named Pula and a senior rescue beagle named Mamma Mia — but only Guy appears in the holiday special, making his cameo bittersweet.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
The lab is home to two highly advanced legged humanoid robots, with the largest standing about 6 feet tall and the smaller reaching roughly the height of a 10-year-old child, as well as a quadruped robot with dog-like attributes and the build of a beagle.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
Apparently, none of this was in Guy’s year-in-a-week intensive Talamasca training, since this guy is an absolute dopey beagle in terms of instantly trusting sketchy characters.
—Lily Osler, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Beagle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beagle. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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beagle
noun
bea·gle
ˈbē-gəl 
: any of a breed of small hounds with short legs and smooth coats
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