running dog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • With the addition of more context and data, Google Maps now provides various layers, including 2D street maps, satellite views, Street View, terrain and traffic, each offering a unique perspective.
    Ben Verghese, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Another factor cited by Calabrese is that the FCC, under Chairman Brendan Carr, is looking to make new spectrum available to low-Earth orbit satellites like those used by Elon Musk's Starlink network.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • When asked by Robinson about the Heat's team-building intentions during the offseason, Adebayo was a company man, keeping word mum.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Her niftiest fight sequence looks like abstract art: a stark black-and-white aerial pan of her shadow battling minions down a hallway.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • Negan banished him and seized control of the Dama’s minions.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The practice goes back to soon after the Civil War, when Congress ratified the Constitution’s 14th Amendment, in part to ensure that Black people, including former slaves, had citizenship.
    Tim Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2025
  • The other was used by people descended from slaves brought from Southeast Asia to work for the Afrikaner farmers.
    Carey Baraka, The Dial, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Malaparte, by then, was making his name as one of Mussolini’s highbrow henchmen.
    Thomas Meaney, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
  • The mosasaur has henchman spinosaurs – a nice touch – while a titanosaurus couple shares a loving moment (which gets interrupted by some pesky humans).
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The knowledge that my life only matters as a body for labor feeds on my heart like a parasite.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • The insect, along with a second specimen of a young ant infected with a similar fungus, are two of the oldest examples of a bizarre natural phenomenon that involves fungal parasites hijacking the bodies of their hosts before ultimately killing them.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • But, for the most part, a nice guy and a top-notch pain sponge.
    Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Avoid scrubbing the microwave’s interior with rough materials like steel wool or abrasive sponges.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • Goldberg was already a household name before playing Shenzi, Scar's chief lackey and leader of a hyena pack of three.
    Diane J. Cho, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • And is order based on legalized violence and theft really order? Bulgakov would have had little time for a Bolshevik lackey like Samson.
    Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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