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doghouse

[dog-haus, dog-] / ˈdɒgˌhaʊs, ˈdɒg- /




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Netflix has been in Wall Street’s doghouse lately, and its earnings commentary Thursday afternoon sparked even more investor concern.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

Because most fund managers can’t survive long periods in the doghouse without getting money yanked away, the superior strategy gets less crowded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Others have fallen victim to managerial missteps that consigned their stocks to the doghouse and left their ranks in disarray.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

So he called Davis out of the doghouse and sent him to the plate to hit for shortstop Alfredo Griffin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

There was a passage about him dozing off and on all day in a backyard doghouse, like a panting animal in the heat.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

He’s been in and out of doghouses in his time with the Kings due to on-court performance and effort inconsistencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Asked after the vote whether Mr Romney would be ostracised from his party, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters: "We don't have any doghouses here. The most important vote is the next vote."

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2020

An augmented-reality engineer proposed a design to combat homelessness which looked strikingly like doghouses.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019

At least have the decency to use a volcano that isn’t currently belching lava into people’s doghouses.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 3, 2018

Here were no four-square back yards, but rambling star-flowered playgrounds with swings and seesaws and shaded swimming holes; with exquisite doghouses good enough for little girls' dolls to live in.

From The Servant Problem by Robert F. Young




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