running dog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • For example, operators in four Texas counties flared about 70% of the volume of gas that their permits allowed, according to a recent effort to compare the state’s flaring data to information collected via satellite.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kevin Carter | Getty Images JetBlue Airways plans to install Amazon's Project Kuiper on some of its airplanes to bolster in-flight Wi-Fi, the companies announced Thursday, in a vote of confidence for the nascent internet satellite service.
    Annie Palmer,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the language of a company man, not a freethinker.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The 58-year-old Bergman is a company man, having joined back in 1996, and is regarded as sharp and skilled at overseeing a portfolio that includes Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation and Lucasfilm.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Later in the season, Ellie — now trying to hunt down Abby to deliver the same fate to her — brutally kills Nora, one of Abby's minions.
    EW.com, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Items from the Dorothy Porter Wesley rare book collection of slave narratives and abolitionist tracks will also be included.
    Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And there's actually what's known as slave castles, in Africa.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The citizens of Venezuela don't deserve to live under the tyrannical rule of Maduro or any of his henchmen!
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But things just continue to go wrong for both the brains of the operation (Al Pacino) and his henchman (John Cazale).
    Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There, all animals undergo full medical evaluations, including testing for diseases, worms, and parasites.
    Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The medication used to treat some parasites has also been used to treat COVID-19.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The vacuum itself has a six-stage filtration system (main cycle, mess filter, dura-cycle, coarse sponge, fine sponge and HEPA 13 filter).
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Don't make the mistake of using abrasive cleaning products or scrubber sponges on your mixer.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Its purpose is to maximize the president’s control over our lives, enrich his family, reward his lackeys and punish his critics.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey Stephen Miller searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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