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Recent Examples of puppy
This is a sick puppy who will do…anything.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Albers said that if a dog wanders too close to a coyote den during puppy season and a territorial adult coyote is at home, the encounter may not end well for the house pet.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
The acting mandate was evidently to go puppy.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Over the past ten years, celebrities have gone from treating profiles as a necessary part of the job — grin and bear it, hold a puppy, say the least offensive things possible — to giving you absolutely nothing.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Albers said that if a dog wanders too close to a coyote den during puppy season and a territorial adult coyote is at home, the encounter may not end well for the house pet.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
The acting mandate was evidently to go puppy.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Over the past ten years, celebrities have gone from treating profiles as a necessary part of the job — grin and bear it, hold a puppy, say the least offensive things possible — to giving you absolutely nothing.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy
Noun
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This level 2 dog puzzle is designed to engage your pup and keep them entertained.—
Jessica Moore,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Conventional wisdom dictates that parading around a pup is a political ploy meant to humanize politicians.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Noun
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William Tong thought a puppy dog would be innocuous.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
22 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, quarterback Fernando Mendoza is the opposite: a big, smiling, slobbering puppy dog of a human being.—
Will Leitch,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Puppy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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