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pup

[puhp] / pʌp /




NOUN
puppy
Synonyms


NOUN
whelp
Synonyms




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When Diana Tupiza and Andres Alquinga decided to get married, they selected a rather unusual witness for the civil wedding ceremony: Luna, their Pekingese pup who stamped her paw print on the marriage certificate.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

But what if that pup was chasing after a Minion holding sausages?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Even if you stay two nights in hotels, the cost of driving with your pup will be lower.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

The large pup drops to the ground as Marseille screams: “No!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Hasty and her pup howled all the way to Charlotte.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

When temperatures rise, the females abandon their pups to hunt for food, he explained.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

But I do cherish thoughts of snorkeling with playful sea lion pups.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The mortality rate may be an underestimate as pups were still dying at the time of the final surveys, researchers said.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

The number of packs that were deemed breeding pairs — meaning they contained at least one adult male, an adult female and two pups — declined from five in 2024 to three in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2026

For example, changing sauerkraut to liberty cabbage and frankfurters to patriotic pups.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

He rested again; then he continued: "That—that there dog was pupped on the track," he said, with a sad sort of a smile.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

After a bitch has pupped, there always is from the vagina a discharge, which rarely ceases before a week expires, and sometimes flows forth for a longer period.

From The Dog by Dinks

A thought struck me: one of the many curs, which range wild throughout Tehran, had just pupped under a ruined archway, close to our house.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by Morier, James

Let's see; how long have I been a-wearin' of that shirt; oh, I remember, I bought it jist two days afore Five Bob was pupped.

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry

But they've beat me plumb out—same as if I was some sucker who ain't never roped an' branded a three-year-old steer since I was pupped.

From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell

"Although all of the cownose rays in Bermuda to date are females, we also observed small, immature rays suggesting pupping may have recently occurred here," said Ajemian.

From Science Daily May 20, 2024

This month the seals will begin another pupping season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

From National Geographic Jan. 23, 2024

The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 made it safe for the seals to return from Canadian waters, but they didn’t establish pupping colonies until the early 1990s.

From Scientific American Jul. 2, 2023

Incidents were equally common during the spring pupping season and in summer, researchers said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2023

Poetical as the dog is at all times, I know of no circumstance that develops more pathetically the disposition of the creature than that of pupping.

From The Dog by Dinks




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