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dog-eared

[dawg-eerd, dog-] / ˈdɔgˌɪərd, ˈdɒg- /








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If journalism is the first draft of history, documentary filmmaking is often an overdue, dog-eared galley proof with no cover art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

A dog-eared punk zine flutters near a vellum-bound folio.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

"This one changed my life," he says, pulling out a dog-eared copy of Pete Rock's They Reminisce Over You.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025

There are two recipes I return to every summer, like the way some people revisit a favorite trail or reread a dog-eared paperback.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

But whenever they weren’t under direct orders to do something, the children sank heavily into chairs, stared listlessly out locked windows, paged through dog-eared books they’d read a hundred times before, or slept.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs