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Recent Examples of pup
Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
To Eat: Kim Marie’s Eat N’ Drink Away Also steps from the beach, this Kim Marie’s spacious pub offers plenty of outdoor seating for pups, plus cold water bowls and a special dog menu that offers canine-friendly salmon, burgers, and more.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Charlotte-area coyote sightings The attack came during coyote pupping season, when coyotes are more aggressive toward dogs and other animals, wildlife biologists say.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
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Noun
After they’re weaned, the parents bring food back to the den, which is when people often notice them because the pups are outside playing, says Pierce.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025
To Eat: Kim Marie’s Eat N’ Drink Away Also steps from the beach, this Kim Marie’s spacious pub offers plenty of outdoor seating for pups, plus cold water bowls and a special dog menu that offers canine-friendly salmon, burgers, and more.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
The tidepools are closed during seal pupping season from Dec. 15 through May 15.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
Charlotte-area coyote sightings The attack came during coyote pupping season, when coyotes are more aggressive toward dogs and other animals, wildlife biologists say.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pup
Noun
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My Great Pyrenees puppy, Mosey, was 6 months old, had been there several times and had always been comfortable with unfamiliar dogs.—
Marisa Walker,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Look at their puppy paws, way too big for their itty-bitty widdle bodies!—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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More than a quarter of you will be engaging in some piracy this season, and all of your names and email addresses have been handed over to the authorities (kidding!).—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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There’s a big gulf between pro marathoners and high-school track, of course—but don’t kid yourself that they’re not connected.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
25 July 2025
Noun
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His puppy dog demeanor was back, replacing the hangdog expression earlier.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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There are errands to be run and exploring to be done, and the turn of the knob brings out the puppy dog eyes.—
Kimberly Dishongh,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2025
Verb
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After getting rescued at a young age, a tuxedo kitten immediately claimed his owner's cat as his own new mommy, and internet users can't cope with the heartwarming relationship the two have developed.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Local authorities were able to coax the bobcat kitten out of the tree and bring it some comfort.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
Verb
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In addition to this, bosses and parents see you in such a positive way that some of you will kindle a romance with someone in authority.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
13 Aug. 2025
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Owners can help the process by giving them a whelping box.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2024
Verb
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Crowded House shared the video in question to their Facebook page on Saturday (Aug. 9), with the clip featuring AI renditions of TVNZ journalist Simon Dallow and frontman Neil Finn discussing the false claim the musician had fathered a child at the age of 67.—
Tyler Jenke,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2025
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Pierre would go on to father a daughter, Sarah, with Deborah Margaret Ryland Coyne in 1991.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
31 July 2025
Verb
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But at the movie’s end, Travis accepts one of the puppies Old Yeller sired before his death.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
25 June 2025
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More than 13 years after co-creating Chicago Fire and thus helping sire the popular #OneChicago Universe, Derek Haas was looking to break free of the broadcast procedural formula, with Prime Video‘s Countdown.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 June 2025
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“Pup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pup. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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