running dogs

plural of running dog

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dogs
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In my view, we are no longer respected by our foreign allies, the poor are getting poorer, and his wealthy minions are getting richer at our expense.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • This iconic live-action movie features NBA superstar Michael Jordan, who is recruited by Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, the Tune Squad, for a high-stakes game against an evil theme park owner and his minions, the Monstars, in outer space.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.
    Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Talladega College Founded in 1867 by former slaves, Talladega's campus is home to celebrated murals by Hale Woodruff depicting the 1839 Amistad slave ship rebellion.
    Asia Alexander, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The notion of zombies went back to that Caribbean nation’s days as a European colony, when huge numbers of largely African slaves were brutally disciplined and frequently worked to death by a white-settler minority.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Cyclospora and Christopher Nolan's nearly three hour adaptation of The Odyssey have something in common - parasites.
    Ava Berger, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • During a Supreme Court hearing in May, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant appeared to compare some unemployed young people entering media, activism and other professions to cockroaches and parasites.
    Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Top Chef and Traitors fans, don’t skip out on a visit to Kristen Kish’s restaurant Arlo Grey, also located on the hotel’s first floor.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • When 39 days of elite physical punishment concluded with stadium lights dimming across North America, millions of fans limped away from watch parties with hoarse voices and sore feet.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Battered metal is as crucial to his kit as conventional drum sounds, and even his tonal elements feel as malleable as wrung-out sponges or wet lumps of clay.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • The corals and sponges had been dusted with the silty mud from the dredge.
    Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
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“Running dogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dogs. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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