as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife
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Ten plus years chasing this championship – never got the recognition.
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In one incident, a child set off bear spray in a crowd; in another, officers recovered a gun after chasing a youth, police said.
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Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.
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Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.
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The last goal will track a student’s social and emotional development.
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Those recommendations include developing stronger performance measures, improving data collection, tracking client outcomes more consistently and identifying which shelter programs are delivering the most effective results.
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Denali Puppy Cam The National Park Service announced the Denali National Park's sled dog puppy cam earlier last month.
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This is where the Alaska Railroad train station, sled dog kennels, and the majority of visitor centers are located.
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During the congressional hearing, Ranyan testified that the agency’s assistant secretary for security met with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department earlier in the year to pursue a contract for 24-hour patrol.
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Giving ourselves permission to pursue things that are not obviously useful or productive is critical.
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Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
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Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog— Eyes.
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Monsanto says the decision should dismiss claims now pending and largely end the litigation that has dogged its glyphosate franchise.
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Bloomberg adds that Meta is considering an even cheaper version of its glasses without a camera, which would support phone calls, media playback, and AI interactivity—slightly easing the privacy and biometric concerns that have dogged the product since its introduction.
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Another star at a similar distance from Earth is Bellatrix, which shines at the left shoulder of the celestial hunter depicted in the constellation Orion.
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If the requirement is a dedicated Cold War-style submarine hunter optimized for deep-ocean warfare, the Seawolf remains one of the finest attack submarines ever produced.
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“Bird-dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bird-dog. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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