running dog

Definition of running dognext

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Noun
  • The image from an Airbus Defense and Space Pléiades Neo satellite shows a truck loaded with 18 blue containers going into a tunnel at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center on June 9, 2025.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Airlines have been looking at low-orbiting satellite constellations for faster in-flight Wi-Fi with fewer disruptions.
    Joey Roulette, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • With that in mind, and a lack of serious options at the moment, the decisions to appoint two company men, Rosenior and Fletcher — albeit in different circumstances — is more understandable than in previous years.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Family, company man Pearce was born on Aug. 20, 1942, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to William Ridgely and Jean Murray Pearce.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jews celebrate the freeing of Israelite slaves from Egypt and Moses guiding them to the Promised Land.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In 1861, Abraham Lincoln, a member of the Republican Party, signed the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all slaves living in non-Union states.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Noem’s minions would defy and frustrate federal judges seeking basic information from DHS about the department’s compliance with court orders.
    Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, his minions, so afraid of earning his wrath, have remained quiet.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • That is, until Krypto is poisoned by the henchmen of villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, with only three days to save him.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers argued that career anxiety under autocracy creates both pro-regime henchmen and anti-regime plotters.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Greenland Sharks Are Effective Hunters Many Greenland sharks are partially blind due to parasites on their eyes.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The parasite causes painful skin wounds or sores that worsen within a few days, a foul-smelling odor from the site of the infestation and bleeding from open sores.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • It is made of durable, waterproof Oxford cloth and features sponges inside to hold the wires in place.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This form of biological clock mechanism appears even in ancient lineages, including sponges and some jellyfish.
    Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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