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as in puppy
a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes
a dog who needs a loving home
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as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she must think that you're a real dog after hearing those tasteless jokes you told last night
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public
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as in to hound
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room
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Recent Examples of dog
Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
The incriminating pet cam footage showing the reality of owning a mischievous teenage Saint Bernard dog has left the internet in hysterics.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2025
The delays and cost overruns that dogged the Vogtle project present real threats for the next wave of reactors.
—Ed Crooks, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2025
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The city’s emergency overflow shelter is available to adults over 18, with capacity for dogs in kennels, but the office encouraged people who need a warm place to sleep to seek primary shelters as a first option.
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That’s the question dogging Mozilla’s new chief executive, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, whose appointment was announced Tuesday.
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All John has to do is adopt a puppy-dog look, put a pleading tone in his voice, beg for his family’s help, and people inevitably comply.—
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Among the puppy players are 15 pooches with special needs, a record number for the Puppy Bowl field.—
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Investigators later determined that a gray Dodge Charger began chasing the Toyota at a high rate of speed.—
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Tech companies have also been chasing the next big product following the smartphone and think AI could be key to finding it.—
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While Edgecombe is hounding Brunson on one end, Tyrese Maxey’s got 1,200 square feet of real estate at Madison Square Garden on the other.—
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Legal issues hound the New England Scofflaws, with WR Stefon Diggs and DT Christian Barmore both ensnared over domestic issues.—
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Authorities, including the Huntington Beach Police Department, say coyote mating season is a time to be more cautious about the wily canines that live among us.—
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Previous studies have found that these smart canines can categorize objects by function and understand how similar types of toys work, even if the toys don’t look alike.—
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For those with less-briny palates, a fine jerk chicken and a number of steak cuts are also available.—
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Mike’s older sister, Nancy (Natalia Dyer), is our entry point to Hawkins High; a pretty striver, she’s recently been distracted from academics by a fling with popular jerk Steve Harrington (Joe Keery).—
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The study offers rare, direct evidence of this process by tracking cool gas across entire galaxies, something that was not possible before large surveys like MaNGA.—
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The group was tracked for an average of 25 years, during which time 3,208 participants developed dementia.—
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But there are other factors that needled their way into the evolutionary development of dormancy characteristics.—
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After not tweeting for over two years, Dokoupil returned to Twitter to needle the Guardian’s media reporter and push back against criticism of the show’s new framing from commentators like Larry Sabato and Atlantic writer Tom Nichols.—
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The ordeal generated local headlines, as Berman had to navigate sheer rocks and treacherous terrain in the dark to save the mutt.—
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Having co-created the eponymous pooch, writer Bob Baker retained some of the rights to the character, but crucially not to the design or his connections to a certain Time Lord — hence the extensive makeover and the lack of references to the metal mutt's adventures in space and time.—
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“Dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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