pooch
Example Sentences
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Avoid using hotel elevators if you can because you never know who—or what other dog—will step in and upset your already travel-stressed pooch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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
My father said he’d never find a pooch as good as Rudy in his lifetime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
How the pooch made the cross-country trip is still a mystery.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025
And considering how screw-the- pooch things were going on the island, he needed something to make him feel safe.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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