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hound

[hound] / haʊnd /




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The act of striving for more, like some frenzied truffle hound, is usually an attempt to override fear.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

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

Harley is a rescue hound, of indeterminate but clearly mixed breed, who is given to leaping in the air to snap at moths and making vain but enthusiastic attempts to catch lizards.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

This was not the first time in my uncle’s 30-year incarceration that we’ve had to hound the Florida Department of Corrections for answers about his well-being.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

His mouth drooped like a hound dog, and his expression was more worried than scary.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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