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[dawg, dog] / dɔg, dɒg /




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Richard was walking his dog on the Stewartstown Road in February 2021 when he was hit by O'Lali's car which, the court heard, had been travelling at 90mph in a 30mph zone.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

She also wrote that she believed she “deserved a goodbye” and asked Bryan to take care of their shared cat, Stump, and give his dog, Jack, a hug on her behalf.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Founder Glen Bell operated a hot dog stand across the street from Mitla Cafe in San Bernardino, Calif., whose owners first taught him about the magic properties of the crunchy taco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I took my dog Philly out for our morning walk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

However hard the dog tried to bound away over the snow and escape, Marlene kept after him.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Data centers are spending millions on high-tech security, from facial recognition and drones to robot dogs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The council said the public health risk was low, but urged people to keep their dogs away from the affected area of beach and water and to avoid contact themselves.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

We also shaped the other side of that relationship, selecting dogs that communicated in ways humans could readily understand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

It’s fair to assume many of us require a stern talking-to, like dogs who need their pills hidden inside the cheese that is Cruise’s Mr. Movies persona.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

He looked bedraggled, but was gazing curiously down at the two dogs slavering beneath him.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Still, the president has shown a dogged willingness to try, try again.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Hence the film’s clunky equivalence of Hansen’s dogged chase to that of the American army.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Lobbying remains dogged by a reputation as a shadowy trade.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

I dogged him strong and he didn’t like it.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

It took one look for people to start dogging the company out for its unreadability.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

One consequence: Xi has so far shrugged off signs that China needs to boost consumption to fight persistent deflation that is dogging the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Another question dogging Nvidia has been whether it will lose its dominance as companies shift from training AI models toward inference—the process of running the models.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Materne noted that skepticism of Microsoft’s AI strategy is another factor dogging the stock.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026

He watched as the horses slogged through the mud, Seabiscuit dogging and taunting until Kayak pinned his ears and abruptly quit.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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