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Recent Examples of puppy
Offensive philosophy The Warriors chucked up 52 3-pointers (and made just 16) on Monday in Utah, a puzzlingly high number considering the Jazz’s interior defense generally provides as much resistance as a sleepy puppy.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
His texts and puppy-dog grins could be flirtatious or innocent.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Beau, a 12-week-old puppy, is joining a band of bloodhounds who are in demand for difficult cases across the upper Midwest.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The Blue team has a hard time getting their hush-puppy batter to hold together; there’s some disagreement within the Yellow team about whether their shrimp cooked in brown butter will be too heavy.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
His texts and puppy-dog grins could be flirtatious or innocent.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
Beau, a 12-week-old puppy, is joining a band of bloodhounds who are in demand for difficult cases across the upper Midwest.
—ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
The Blue team has a hard time getting their hush-puppy batter to hold together; there’s some disagreement within the Yellow team about whether their shrimp cooked in brown butter will be too heavy.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy
Noun
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The pups were taken to the San Jacinto Valley Animal Campus and are available for adoption.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Mendes introduced the family’s new dog in November 2024, posting a clip of the rescue pup to her Instagram.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
6 Mar. 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 23 Mar. 2026.
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