bird-dogging
Example Sentences
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Dan Friesen, co-host of the podcast Knowledge Fight, has been valiantly bird-dogging Jones for years.
From Slate • Aug. 8, 2022
A few residents kept a close eye on the mounting crisis, posting news of pipe breaks and photos of filthy water online, as well as bird-dogging local officials.
From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2019
When they did make contact, they deployed a strategy known as bird-dogging, asking pointed questions about how a senator would be voting.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2018
In bird-dogging senators, I worked with one of our ace congressional correspondents, Thomas Kaplan, who honed his skills prying secrets out of the New York State Legislature.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2017
He's hand in glove with McCaffery and that blonde is bird-dogging him around town and pointing out McCaffery's enemies.
From "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Sholto, Ralph
