bird-dog
Example Sentences
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Say what you will about his politics; the Tesla Model Y drives like a bird-dog in the hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
Now that we know how the show works, it's easy to bird-dog the secrets hiding in plain sight.
From Salon • Jun. 26, 2022
She said she does the same with her colleagues in Congress during her “never-ending effort” to bird-dog growing legislative efforts to require more scrutiny of Chinese students and scholars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2019
The initial park-heavy, public-ownership vision for the property has, for the most part, been abandoned, although activists continue to bird-dog the development piece by piece as it comes up for permit review.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2018
He ran to them, looking up into their faces with apologetic eyes, for, however scornful he might be of them in his prison, in the field his professional reputation, his bird-dog honour, were at stake.
From Frank of Freedom Hill by Derieux, Samuel A. (Samuel Arthur)
