running dog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • The satellite images provide data on the chlorophyll production at the surface, but the picture is still incomplete, the researchers said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 19 June 2025
  • After becoming a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean early on June 18, the storm continued to organize throughout the day, forming a clear eye on satellite images, the National Hurricane Center said.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 19 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
  • Negan banished him and seized control of the Dama’s minions.
    Charlie Mason, TVLine, 8 June 2025
  • Eve’s drive for revenge also is a problem for the Ruska Roma, as The Director long has enjoyed an agreement with The Chancellor that neither’s minions will interfere with the other’s.
    Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Before her family arrives, Bree tries to shoot Grady, but once Grady’s henchman captures Diller, she’s forced to make a choice: drop the gun or watch her son die.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • In a moment of sly genius, Duke gained entry by concealing himself as one of Lyle’s ghostly henchmen using a rubber band and a piece of white tissue as his disguise.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 18 June 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 analysis also unveiled other species of bacteria and a parasite which had all previously been unknown to science.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Then coat your sink in dish soap and lightly scrub with a sponge to remove all food particles, stuck-on-gunk, and more.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
  • For spills, simply use a damp sponge to spot clean.
    Jacqueline Tempera, People.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Orwell’s warnings apply across the board, not just when obvious despots and lackeys let their fascist flags fly.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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