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Recent Examples of pup
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Oakland Animal Services confirmed with KRON4 that the couple adopted the pup there.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
6 June 2026
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
Among female sea otters, motherhood is particularly taxing, as energy requirements double during pregnancy, lactation, and pup care.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The Netflix prequel marks the first time a real-life dog will take on the role as the snack-loving pup.
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Oakland Animal Services confirmed with KRON4 that the couple adopted the pup there.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
6 June 2026
Verb
Extra food for me, my partner, and pup too.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
Among female sea otters, motherhood is particularly taxing, as energy requirements double during pregnancy, lactation, and pup care.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pup
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The plane doubles as a playset and airship and features more than 15 pieces, including a puppy companion.
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The former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star also shared pictures of himself and his wife holding and doting over the new puppy.
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Though Lee likes to kid, his respect for Clemens runs deep.
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The connection to nature at Vista Celestial is truly profound, with wildlife waiting for you at the door—I'm not kidding, at one point, a capuchin monkey walked onto our patio to say hello.
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Unlikely Meathead, a whelp who spoke from a position of occasionally whiny, frequently wet-behind-the-ears insulation from life’s realities, Reiner had gray in his beard and a lengthy track record of using his podium for good.
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These seemingly innocuous actions can kindle dry grass, potentially triggering a wildfire.
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The faith of these settlers kindled a fervent Protestant piety, found in the Great Revival of the Ohio Valley frontier.
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Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
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Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog— Eyes.
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There is a quiet revolution going on in America, and definitely in Atlanta, in how contemporary men are fathering.
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In a sentencing memorandum in the federal case, a defense attorney said Rhone was born in Houston to a man who fathered 27 children with at least three wives while working as an explosives expert building railroads.
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There are several Nick Cannons — the TV host, the actor, the occasional hip-hop artist, the penitent, and, perhaps the most famous Cannon, the fertile father of 12 who sired five children in 2022 alone.
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Bowie sired a calf there in June 2025, making Fort Worth Zoo’s oldest elephant Rasha a great-grandmother and the matriarch of four generations.
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The number of cattle that had calved (given birth to a baby) was also down 100,000 from the prior year.
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On our farm in Muscatine County, Iowa, three hours west of Chicago, spring means calving season.
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“Pup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pup. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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