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Recent Examples of dogface Fewer know the beer-spewing moment a TV camera lingers upon a friend, or relative, on inglorious display, with feathers, horns, dogface, or fur; clad as pirate, or leprechaun, feisty in top-hat and tails. Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024 Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors. Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021 But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021 He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami. Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogface
Noun
  • The Guard may have worn out its welcome, but soldiers were still assigned to the region.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The Netzah Yehuda Battalion, formerly Nahal Haredi, enables Haredi men to serve as combat soldiers while observing strict religious practices.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fallen warriors gather in Odin’s hall, Valhalla.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This requires a lethal, agile, and forward deployed force—anchored by the warrior ethos and ready to defend our nation and its interests at a moment's notice.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The aerial display, featuring the Red Arrows and F-35 fighter jets from both British and American forces, is intended as a symbolic gesture of military partnership.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Shane Croucher Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But Paris also is spotted with plaques marking where Nazi forces murdered Resistance fighters and Jews during that city’s occupation.
    David Bloom, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Dogface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogface. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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