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bulldog

[bool-dawg, -dog] / ˈbʊlˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /


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For most of her 13 years, the bulldog has lived contentedly with the married couple who own her, finding purpose in basic routine and companionship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

At the time, Ibrahimovic had an English bulldog who could handle going downhill, but struggled going the other way.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Rowbottom and Lindsey work side by side from adjoining desks in their lofted home office, a French bulldog named Jammy snoring between them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Loo said they managed to gather his mother-in-law’s medication, supplies for their French bulldog, Wednesday, important documents and other essentials.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2026

Look at these two sentences: Buster’s bulldog, which had one white ear, won best in show.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

“Due to the unique anatomy of their airways, bulldogs can experience more respiratory distress in their golden years and may also have a harder time regulating their temperature as a result,” Greenstein says.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

We bought a house in the Valley, have two rescue bulldogs.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

Other popular members of this snub-nosed club include English bulldogs, Boston terriers, pugs and Brussels griffons.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

You got some of the biggest bulldogs in Congress on the R and D side all working on this.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

Aunt Marge lived in the country, in a house with a large garden, where she bred bulldogs.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Next day one was still at large in the countryside; the other was bulldogged after he darted into a ball game, tossed two would-be captors, and tried to gore an automobile.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Federal Board took its cues from the State but the final decision on the status of any lot of oil actually rested on a bulldogged, stone-steady gentleman named Captain E. N. Stanley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rozier is a brute with guile, whose balance is such that he seems to be bulldogged off the field more often than he is tumbled off his feet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hughes's bulldogged determination could make things interesting at the end.

From Time Magazine Archive

While he groused about so preposterous an idea, the kid laid down the mat he never used, bulldogged him down to it, pulled off his shoes and draped a blanket over him.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

“And the amount of energy and the amount of focus you need to have in bulldogging is the same as in football.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2023

Fort Collins, for instance, was supposed to have goat roping, steer bulldogging competitions, a shooting exhibition from the U.S.

From Slate Jul. 4, 2021

William “Bill” Pickett was a famous rodeo star credited with founding the sport bulldogging, also known as steer wrestling.

From Fox News Jul. 3, 2020

“Some guys just have a knack of bulldogging their way through an inning, you know?”

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2014

Mr. Huxley stopped in a few times while they were there, to take breaks from his bulldogging and to get more direction and advice from Charles.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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