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Recent Examples of top dog
The beauty of this situation is the reason a school like Miami schedules a top dog like Florida.
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Mike McLusky may be top dog but power can only be maintained by continuing to instill fear in his enemies.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The Toronto Maple Leafs, usually the town’s top dog, showed baseball on the big screen after their home opener; the Leafs will also shift the start time of their Canadian Thanksgiving matinee to better accommodate baseball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The data captures both on- and off-field earnings, and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the top dog, making $50 million from the Chiefs and $30 million in endorsements.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
Mike McLusky may be top dog but power can only be maintained by continuing to instill fear in his enemies.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The Toronto Maple Leafs, usually the town’s top dog, showed baseball on the big screen after their home opener; the Leafs will also shift the start time of their Canadian Thanksgiving matinee to better accommodate baseball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
The data captures both on- and off-field earnings, and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the top dog, making $50 million from the Chiefs and $30 million in endorsements.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top dog
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Discovering a site like this allows archaeologists to further understand the culture and society of early medieval England, when the country was fragmented into several kingdoms but rulers like Offa were beginning to unify it and Alfred the Great was fighting off Viking invaders.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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And third, taking Maduro off the board was a force-multiplier for the administration’s Cuba policy, which centers on increasing economic pressure on the island until its aging rulers either wither away or negotiate their own demise.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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She is seen as neither a strategic titan nor a challenge dominator.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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Former Survivor players write Cuomo’s name down on a ballot, including season-43 winner Yam Yam Arocho, season-45 fifth-placer Katurah Topps, and season-48 first-out Stephanie Berger, who is hopefully casting her first successful vote.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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But perhaps the biggest antidote to The Studio’s overdog problem is that its fat-cat Apple TV+ profile can easily be spun as good for everybody.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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This team has cast off its familiar underdog mantle and embraced being the overdog.—
Jeré Longman,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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“Top dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top%20dog. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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