hound
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I am an avowed condiment hound, especially when two sauces are doing different jobs.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
For years, tourists have visited a village hidden in the Welsh mountains of Eryri for its breathtaking beauty and a grave commemorating a faithful hound slain by his master in the 13th Century.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
He once described himself as “a basset hound with a 25-watt personality.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 29, 2025
“Swef, swef,” panted the huntsman, addressing the Wart as if he had been a hound.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Stories of Greek and Roman gods in pursuit of pleasure and vengeance, aided by their hounds, are captured in Roman sculpture and paintings of the Renaissance and Baroque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
She made the ferry journey over to England with a fellow Dutch breeder friend and seven pooches between them -- three of them Swedish Vallhunds and four other hounds.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Meanwhile, a runaway slave shows up out back, pursued by hounds, having heard that the Van Lew house is the place to run for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
Ms Portwin said Countryside Alliance wanted to find a way to "protect those jobs and homes for the hunt staff and protect our packs of hounds".
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
If not for Old Timothy leading the hounds astray until she and the children had nearly reached the house, they would have been at the mercy of Lord Fredrick’s wild shots.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
But she was the one that the paparazzi hounded most fiercely, feeding malicious tabloid coverage focused on her body image and weight.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
He was referring to what he saw as his daughter being "hounded" at one of his properties by Sky News.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Brunson, hounded mercilessly by the Spurs, didn't make a basket until the second quarter.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
She has done so without being hounded by her big sister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
The press hounded Morgan until he was forced to acknowledge the rumors.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Her only sin was being right too early and too often — and the world never stopped hounding her for it.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Spitzer set the mold for the modern, powerful state attorney general by ruthlessly hounding Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.
From Slate ● May 8, 2026
Plus, hounding bears in the woods would have no impact on the bears knocking over neighborhood trash cans and sneaking into ice cream stores.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
He was trying to fight it—whatever feeling had been hounding him.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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