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Recent Examples of lapdogGod did not create man and then give him a lapdog to play with.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025 Former Director of Central Intelligence and then Vice President, George H.W. Bush was long considered a lapdog to Reagan, but as the 1988 election approached and the administration faced scandal related to the Iran-Contra affair, Bush was given the chance to stand apart and prove his own strength.—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Feb. 2025 Unlike other political appointees, IGs were intended to serve across administrations as watchdogs for the taxpayer, not presidential lapdogs.—Linda Thompson Gonzalez, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2025 However, the memo shows the contours of this corrupt deal that makes Adams a lapdog for Trump.—Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lapdog
Unlike the broad and more public validation that social media provides from getting likes, one-on-one conversations with chatbots can feel more intimate and potentially more convincing — not unlike the yes-men who surround the most powerful tech bros.
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Parmy Olson,
Mercury News,
12 July 2025
The yes-men and yes-women in his Cabinet approve of everything Trump does, for fear of losing their cushy jobs.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
One of the pooches was giving birth to puppies as police and animal rescue groups went room by room, recovering scores of dogs from the E. 66th St. home near National Drive in Mill Basin.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2025
Officials said 15 adult dogs and one 4-week-old puppy were taken from the property, and that later, four of the dogs went into labor and had puppies.
Cream pie out of respect to many a great stooge who cruelly had the sweet treat shoved or thrown onto their face.
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Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
Throughout the criminal process, Netanyahu has portrayed the police and prosecution as stooges of the media who agreed to frame the prime minister for imaginary crimes.
Video footage shows the 9-week-old pups named Bruce, Betsy, Bronte and Barkley visiting the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia and observing the marine life there.
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Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
While many dogs thrive in social environments, not all pups are natural extroverts.
Yanking the rug out from under thousands of foreigners who often risked life and limb to find a safe haven in America is an unconscionable act of heartless, anti-humanitarian gall on the part of Donald Trump and his minions.
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DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
9 June 2025
Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.
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