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[hound] / haʊnd /




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I am an avowed condiment hound, especially when two sauces are doing different jobs.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

"Sophie thought she'd read the Daily Mail one day and the first comment was: 'Why does she look like an Afghan hound?'"

From BBC Apr. 4, 2026

It’s like telling me you beat your basset hound in tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 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

Somehow she felt entitled to hound me because she’d known me since first grade.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

That includes drag hunting - which uses a fixed course for the hounds to follow - and clean‑boot hunting, where bloodhounds chase the scent of runners they mingle with before they set off.

From BBC Mar. 26, 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

With a major role in Josh Safdie’s madcap ping-pong riot, “Marty Supreme,” Paltrow is rounding out the year with a bang, earning her last laugh against gossip hounds and Goop critics.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2025

If the hounds had turned mutinous, for instance, Lot and his allies would have been ready to ride with Arthur’s knights, in quelling what they would have considered a real rebellion.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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 Old Firm are playing catch-up while being hounded from below.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Beyond that, the main point of similarity between Bessette and Diana is that the paparazzi hounded both – Diana to death, and Bessette to resentful exhaustion.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

The press hounded her for a statement, but she refused to give one.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

He said Arday had faced "an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse", adding that he was a victim of "a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced".

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

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

As “Asta’s son,” I was oft the butt of jests, jibes, and relentless hounding.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi




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