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Recent Examples of puppy dog
If all else fails, Hope says, Jack needs to put on his sad puppy dog face.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Ivan acts like the world’s horniest puppy dog, but Ani takes a shine to him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Liberatore’s puppy dog attention as loyalite Dean compels, yearning to hold Jade’s kiss and not just her camera.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Lochlan is mostly just a puppy dog, not really joining in but not really bothered by his family’s excesses, either.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Ivan acts like the world’s horniest puppy dog, but Ani takes a shine to him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2024
Liberatore’s puppy dog attention as loyalite Dean compels, yearning to hold Jade’s kiss and not just her camera.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Lochlan is mostly just a puppy dog, not really joining in but not really bothered by his family’s excesses, either.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for puppy dog
Noun
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One of the pooches was giving birth to puppies as police and animal rescue groups went room by room, recovering scores of dogs from the E. 66th St. home near National Drive in Mill Basin.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2025
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Officials said 15 adult dogs and one 4-week-old puppy were taken from the property, and that later, four of the dogs went into labor and had puppies.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Video footage shows the 9-week-old pups named Bruce, Betsy, Bronte and Barkley visiting the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia and observing the marine life there.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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While many dogs thrive in social environments, not all pups are natural extroverts.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
27 Jan. 2025
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Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.—
Kelli Bender,
Peoplemag,
15 Dec. 2023
Noun
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Wolf-dogs are quarrelsome, but not a great deal more so than normal sled dogs.—
Ted Updike,
Outdoor Life,
22 May 2025
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Thirty years ago, there were 30,000 sled dogs in Greenland.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Puppy dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puppy%20dog. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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