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
Sleepy pugs and a return Rinker’s family stayed in a Huntington Beach hotel room with one bed.
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Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
More specifically, Wellhouse brings in the boxy, pug-nosed Wake micro-van produced by Daihatsu between 2014 and 2022 and also badged as the Toyota Pixis Mega.
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C.c. Weiss
may 26,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
His pug, Thor, lives with Brenda’s sister.
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Nichole Manna,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2026
Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning.
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Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
More specifically, Wellhouse brings in the boxy, pug-nosed Wake micro-van produced by Daihatsu between 2014 and 2022 and also badged as the Toyota Pixis Mega.
—
C.c. Weiss
may 26,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
His pug, Thor, lives with Brenda’s sister.
—
Nichole Manna,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2026
Veronica, a pug with a spiky pink collar, trudged alongside her sister Betty, a thirteen-year-old hound, in Princeton one recent wet morning.
—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pug
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Roberts suggested to Fox 8 Live that the boxer dog may have been triggered to attack after seeing him in a bright orange coat.
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Latto was there, along with Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins, Dawn Staley of South Carolina coaching fame, prolific boxer Claressa Shields, local rapper Fabo and Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens.
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ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a mixed martial arts bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.
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Rather than flying directly over enemy territory, strategic bombers can launch stand-off weapons from safer distances while remaining protected by friendly air defenses and fighter escorts.
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“Pug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pug. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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