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bird-dogging



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The organization will continue to use “the full set of tactics that we have used in the past,” said Prakash, meaning that Sunrise’s bird-dogging and sit-ins probably aren’t going anywhere.

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2022

When they did make contact, they deployed a strategy known as bird-dogging, asking pointed questions about how a senator would be voting.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 6, 2018

In bird-dogging senators, I worked with one of our ace congressional correspondents, Thomas Kaplan, who honed his skills prying secrets out of the New York State Legislature.

From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2017

His campaign has beefed up a team dedicated to bird-dogging the arcane state-by-state process of selecting delegates — which Trump is struggling to navigate — assigning each delegate to a dedicated campaign staffer for support.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2016

He's hand in glove with McCaffery and that blonde is bird-dogging him around town and pointing out McCaffery's enemies.

From "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Sholto, Ralph



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