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running dogs

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plural of running dog

as in satellites

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SpaceX's Starlink satellites made over 355,000 collision avoidance maneuvers throughout the past year, with each satellite now dodging debris and other spacecraft on an almost weekly basis.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
The more a workload requires coordination or synchronization between satellites, the more satellite-to-satellite latency becomes an issue.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026

Definition of satellites

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After seven years of no sleep, grief, and nightmares, Suleyman finally reunites with his mother in Paradise—just as henchmen, cops, and one very bad raid drag him back into hell.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026

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Make the first right on the man who permitted the heads of rebelling slaves to be put on stakes and spread across the city in order to prevent the others from getting any ideas.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
There were a lot of stories about the richer people that went away amid all the political problems, and the people working for them, the descendants of the slaves.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

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Even all the way down in South Florida, plants long dismissed as parasites could turn out to offer benefits to their hosts, and prompt parks and gardeners to rethink when to reach for pruning shears and weedkillers.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Melvin may be tiny, but his spirit is not, and the kitty has beaten all the odds, including two parasites, an upper respiratory infection, and an eye infection.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

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The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026

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On a night where he’d been booed for what happened in the past — a night that ended with a 6-4 loss as Logan Webb endured his shortest start of the year — Devers provided Red Sox fans a reason to boo for what was happening in the present.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
For rail fans, there are overnight routes to discover on six of the world’s seven continents.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

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Wash microfiber towels in hot water after each use and replace sponges frequently.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 20 Aug. 2026
Skip the paintbrush and add texture to paintings by swapping in sponges, scrubbers, a comb, leaves, flowers, bath poufs, toy cars, LEGO bricks, blocks, cookie cutters, marbles (let kids roll them around with paper in a box), and, of course, fingers.

— Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Aug. 2026

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