dog's breakfast

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dog's breakfast
Noun
  • Onganía’s rule lasted only a few years before he was deposed and replaced by another general, and soon the political chaos was matched by economic disruption.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Israel has also expanded its military footprint beyond the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, amid the chaos following the ouster of Assad.
    H.A. Hellyer, Time, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • In a world where ordinary systems wind down toward greater disorder (the second law of thermodynamics), Ilya Prigogine was taken by the question of how life keeps winding up.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • In August 2022, Dion disclosed her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome (SPS) — a neurological disorder that impacts muscle control and can cause debilitating spasms.
    Andrea Wurzburger, People.com, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Just in the past week, however, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., added additional items to the agenda, including a discussion of thimerosal—a mercury-containing compound that is used in some vaccines.
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 25 June 2025
  • The boy's digestive system cannot tolerate lipids, which are fatty compounds or oils that are found in foods.
    Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • En bref, Paris has mastered post-Olympic fusion tourism.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The brothers kept up their semi-digitized fusion of cadence-lypso and jing-ping (a kind of Dominican folk music), playing tea parties across the island.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The warhead is encased in a special high-performance steel alloy, which is meant to enable it to carry a large explosive payload while maintaining the penetrator case's integrity during impact, according to an Air Force fact sheet.
    Ellen Uchimiya, CBS News, 19 June 2025
  • Most silver items are made using sterling silver, a silver alloy containing 92.5% silver and 7.5% other metals, usually copper.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Strawberry Basil Lemonade Fresca: Refreshing lemonade made with agave nectar and a strawberry puree fruit blend, infused with fresh strawberries and basil.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • The selection fulfilled a years-long expectation that Flagg — with a generational blend of size, athleticism and play-making prowess — would become a first-overall pick.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.1%.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
  • Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% lower.
    Stan Choe, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Days earlier, Iran’s bombing had escalated global tensions, potentially throwing trips like hers into disarray.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • And now, Trump’s economic tariffs plan has thrown global trade into disarray.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
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“Dog's breakfast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog%27s%20breakfast. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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