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pooch

[pooch] / putʃ /




NOUN
mutt
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At one point in the clip, the white pup gazes adoringly at the NFL star before hopping onto a couch to snuggle beside him while Kelce lovingly pets the pooch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

The errant pooch then interrupted the proceedings again, with Joyce saying: "I do apologise for this dog, it's just started to bail up."

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Who among us wouldn’t want to communicate with our pooch?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Cumming’s host persona may not be evil per se, but he is wicked enough for his beloved pooch, Lala, to look absolutely angelic trotting next to him.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

So many ways to screw the pooch, and just one staggeringly complex, scrupulously modeled, endlessly rehearsed, indefatigably tested way to succeed.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Lee, 66, a veteran dog behaviorist and trainer, thinks too many owners are spoiling their pooches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The pooches were reunited shortly after the crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

They get all kinds, from well-to-do couples toting their toy pooches in the same designer bag as their medications, to criminally neglected unhoused people.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

Pets are much-loved in the city, where pampered pooches are often pushed around the streets in prams, and shops selling animal outfits dot many neighbourhoods.

From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025

The breeks pooches were foo o' nails an' strings, an' as muckle ither rubbish as you wudda gotten in Peattie Broon's, the pigman's, back shop.

From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond


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