as in boxer
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
a retired pug with battered ears and swollen knuckles
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Recent Examples of pug
Crappy Christmas lights blinked overhead, and a tiny pug wheezed on a rug by the register.
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Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The 7-second clip quickly shows a McDonald's drive-thru window before panning to the dog — a pug named Khloi — sitting in someone’s lap in the passenger seat.
—Arabella Hau, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Junior's antics have been keeping people on social media entertained, with many of those commenting about similar experiences involving their own pugs.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Only after the pug has had her food. Car: Have never owned one.
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
The 7-second clip quickly shows a McDonald's drive-thru window before panning to the dog — a pug named Khloi — sitting in someone’s lap in the passenger seat.
—Arabella Hau, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
Junior's antics have been keeping people on social media entertained, with many of those commenting about similar experiences involving their own pugs.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
Only after the pug has had her food. Car: Have never owned one.
—airmail.news, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pug
Noun
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He is seen wearing essential styles from the collections, like the cotton and stretch five-inch boxers.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Cameroonian boxer Cindy Ngamba, 26, became the first-ever medalist for the Refugee Olympic Team after taking home the bronze in the women's 75 kg boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.—
Alexandra York,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The two fought on competing networks (Stevenson only wanted to fight on Showtime; Kovalev was an HBO fighter), and no deal could ever be made.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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As public anger over the clip grew, fighters in armored vehicles amassed overnight outside Jaramana and began shelling the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitoring group based in Britain.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Pug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pug. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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