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dog

[dawg, dog] / dɔg, dɒg /




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Helicopters, dog units and members of the public had been scouring the area, close to the River Stour on the Essex border.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

And he never will forget getting a call from a woman whose dog had just died.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

As a dog lover, I appreciated knowing the fate of the film’s canine.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

The two women running by with a dog on a leash must think I’m some kind of out-of-shape beginner, but that’s OK.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

They recovered 233 dogs, 66 cats, one goose, one parrot, one pig, one rabbit and two goats; all are being kept in county facilities as evidence in the case against De Anda.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

The hysteria of recent days, however, strikes me as akin to the neighborhood dogs yapping in chorus three weeks after the burglar has been and gone.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

In 2023, Nicole realized one of her dogs had eaten a battery, but she wasn’t sure which, so she took them both to an emergency vet.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

"That works beautifully as long as everyone agrees the accelerator stays pinned to the floor. It becomes more complicated when the top dogs running the biggest AI engines start discussing speed governors."

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

I did not know about using a head lamp, did not know that the dogs ran better at night.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

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

This club has won back to back NFC Easts and delivered a title just two seasons ago, but remains dogged by underachiever vibes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

But the boyhood trauma of losing his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, has dogged much of his life.

From Barron's Aug. 23, 2026

England's tour was dogged by poor performances on the field and issues off it, all under huge scrutiny from the local media.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

She continued her dogged pursuit of Everest just the same.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

The broader question of whether eye-watering AI spending will ever pay off is also dogging Meta.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

The bottom line is that the questions dogging the private-asset industry are bigger than just what is going to happen to business software.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

“One of the core issues” dogging Microsoft investors, according to Morgan Stanley’s Keith Weiss, is that spending came in higher than expected while Azure has been growing “maybe” a bit slower than hoped.

From MarketWatch Jan. 28, 2026

The Imp had moved most of the gold cloaks to the city walls, mid the white knights of the Kingsguard had duties mace important than dogging her heels.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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