BIRD DOGS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bird-dog

as in chases

to go after or on the track of suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife

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bird dogs

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noun

plural of bird dog

as in sled dogs

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The Sköll is named after the giant wolf who relentlessly chases the sun across the sky in Norse mythology.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
In Norse mythology, Sköll is the name of a giant wolf that chases the sun across the sky.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of chases

Noun

Animal-rights activists last year held long and often contentious debates over the hunt, buying up about one-third of the permits themselves to keep them from hunters’ hands.

— Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
When hunters harvest a deer or turkey, they are required to fill out a harvest tag, sign it and keep the harvest tag with the animal until it is processed for consumption.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunters

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Music tracks for the album have already been recorded, and Shatner will go into the studio sometime this winter to lay down his vocals.

— Fred Bronson, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
Heating oil costs this winter could surge Home heating oil, used extensively in the Northeast to heat homes, tracks closely with diesel prices since they are made from the same ingredients.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of tracks

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Still, a weekend led by Winfrey may be another strategy the venue pursues, thinking beyond the films and concerts to larger experiential fare.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
This production follows a charismatic anti-hero who pursues pleasure without remorse, leaving a trail of broken hearts and vengeance.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of pursues

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The plan follows several other measures announced recently — including the economic and tax overhaul, which was approved by Congress but has yet to be ratified as the Constitutional Court reviews complaints filed by opposition parties.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
California’s current review of Ladera Ranch follows a 2024 assessment that found no unusual cancer pattern at the county level, though state officials said the available data was limited and did not focus specifically on Ladera Ranch.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of follows

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Elsewhere, La’an escorts the one person who can save Spock via a cloned heart transplant, Sybok, Spock’s half-brother (though by all appearances his twin since he’s played by Ethan Peck).

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Once the animal gets close to the staffers, one of the employees carefully picks up the fox and escorts it out of the water and away from the ride.

— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of escorts

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What could be a stock campus ice-queen role is subverted throughout the season, through the empathy for the character that courses through her performance.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 27 July 2026
The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.

— Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

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