as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the merciless dogging of the Hollywood couple by the press
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public
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as in hounding
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room
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Recent Examples of dogging
Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Already, productivity declines are dogging the industry.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
He's been raw-dogging it the whole time.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The arrival of the new Model Y and the controversy dogging the Tesla brand are conspiring to flood the market with legacy Ys, driving prices down.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’ has faced a difficult road to its opening next week, with external controversies dogging it at every step.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
After dogging questions about The Devil Wears Prada for years, Anna Wintour is finally sharing her true thoughts on the comparisons between her and Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestley.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This has been the main difficulty dogging the development of lithium-sulfur batteries.
—Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
Noun
He's just been straight raw-dogging the last three days, staring off into space.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
The business software maker on Wednesday unveiled an optimistic, multiyear financial roadmap that rejects the sluggish-growth narrative that has been dogging the stock.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Already, productivity declines are dogging the industry.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
Great cornerbacks are football’s tawny owls, the biggest of the big-game hunters, dogging prey through darkness and chaos.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
He's been raw-dogging it the whole time.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The arrival of the new Model Y and the controversy dogging the Tesla brand are conspiring to flood the market with legacy Ys, driving prices down.
—Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’ has faced a difficult road to its opening next week, with external controversies dogging it at every step.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
After dogging questions about The Devil Wears Prada for years, Anna Wintour is finally sharing her true thoughts on the comparisons between her and Meryl Streep‘s Miranda Priestley.
—Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
This has been the main difficulty dogging the development of lithium-sulfur batteries.
—Weiyang Li, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogging
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Al-Khelaifi and Perez’s relationship was seriously damaged by Real Madrid’s long pursuit of Mbappe, which finally ended with the player leaving PSG to join Madrid in summer 2024.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hundreds more members of law enforcement –– local, state and federal –– worked the case, at one point searching more than 500 homes and 1,000 vehicles and chasing hundreds of leads.—
Dakin Andone,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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The man told the officer that a woman was chasing him and trying to hit him with her vehicle.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The three did their jobs, hounding the Sabres with persistent physicality all game.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The former is the owner of a New York City hotspot; the latter is a man on the run from loan sharks, with heaps of personal issues and bad debts hounding him.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The newest Apple Watch can detect signs of hypertension; the Oura Ring is offering new menopause tracking features (and pretty new ceramic bands); the Samsung Galaxy Watch8 is getting into biomarker testing with a brand new antioxidant tracking and vascular load features.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
21 Oct. 2025
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The sports company has released its Smart Ring, $249, a wellness tracking ring available in matte black, matte silver and shiny gold.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.—
NPR,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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The movie begins with a 10-year-old Michael already showing the brutality for which The Shape was known, then flashes forward 15 years to an adult Michael (Tyler Mane) pursuing his younger sister, Laurie (Scout Taylor-Compton).—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Porat closed by urging leaders to really dig in and reimagine what’s possible in their own organizations.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
26 Oct. 2025
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Forecasters are urging travelers to check state road condition websites before setting out, as snow and ice are likely on high-elevation roads and mountain passes.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The other notable advancement involves ray tracing, which adds realistic lighting and shadow effects to games.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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The extra graphical features of this re-release (including ray tracing) help sell the 'haunted house' feeling of an empty colony at the center of constant storms.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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During the deployment, the British aircraft carrier and its escorting warships have operated in the South China Sea, where China has sweeping territorial claims, and in the Indian Ocean for the first-ever dual aircraft carrier exercise with their Indian counterparts.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Video footage showed armed men escorting the buses through the town, firing guns into the air.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Dogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogging. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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