man's best friend

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In recent years, man’s best friend has plummeted from a 10 to a 2.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia.

From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023

So the last hope for this paradisiacal island to find closure, for proper grieving and healing, rests with man’s best friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

But the ultimate detection tool, and the predator's worst enemy, is man's best friend.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

In my heart I knew that there in the grave lay a man’s best friend.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls