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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

"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

All these years later, the books on my nightstand are highlighted, annotated and dog-eared.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

He read and dog-eared a copy of Dr. Raymond DePaulo’s “Understanding Depression.”

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Two small heads bent earnestly over each of the three dog-eared primers which were all the dame school could boast.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare




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