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[hound] / haʊnd /




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Still, some complained Bycel was a publicity hound, and he made powerful enemies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

For years, tourists have visited a village hidden in the Welsh mountains of Eryri for its breathtaking beauty and a grave commemorating a faithful hound slain by his master in the 13th Century.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

He once described himself as “a basset hound with a 25-watt personality.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 17, 2025

Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2025

“I’m as sore and stiff as an old hound dog that has been chasing a fox all night.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

From hunting hounds in ancient cave paintings to well-groomed pets in Renaissance portraits, dogs have long featured in art.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

She made the ferry journey over to England with a fellow Dutch breeder friend and seven pooches between them -- three of them Swedish Vallhunds and four other hounds.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

With a major role in Josh Safdie’s madcap ping-pong riot, “Marty Supreme,” Paltrow is rounding out the year with a bang, earning her last laugh against gossip hounds and Goop critics.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2025

Trail hunting involves laying a trail using a rag soaked in animal scent which hounds can chase.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2025

According to Sir Stephan, Char was almost as wonderful as the hounds.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

His Othello is hounded into a betrayal of his probity and hard-earned honor not just by the villainy of Iago but by the demons of his past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

He was referring to what he saw as his daughter being "hounded" at one of his properties by Sky News.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Brunson, hounded mercilessly by the Spurs, didn't make a basket until the second quarter.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

It’s the only place now, she says, where she can return without being hounded.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2026

And despite the heat and humidity, they were often forced to wear stifling head nets and gloves in order to protect themselves from the clouds of insects that hounded them.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Her only sin was being right too early and too often — and the world never stopped hounding her for it.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Spitzer set the mold for the modern, powerful state attorney general by ruthlessly hounding Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.

From Slate May 8, 2026

Plus, hounding bears in the woods would have no impact on the bears knocking over neighborhood trash cans and sneaking into ice cream stores.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

Both of them had been hounding him for more men.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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