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But strict rules also make the financial tail wag the real economy dog.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

The criticism usually ends there, with a finger wag and a head shake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

You can’t wag your finger at people and say, “You should be going to the theater and having this theatrical experience,” but you feel it rising right now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

“I tell clients, ‘Don’t let the tax tail wag the dog.’”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025

The tail began to wag, and the hide made little ripples back and forth over the ribs.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

Kabawat exclaims in approval as another, Ghufran, wags her finger for emphasis: "We either occupy a space where we hold all the decision-making power, or we don't want to be in that space at all."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

Noem and Miller are among those whom Washington wags say could also be on the chopping block.

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

Wall Street wags say bigger investment managers will do worse, but Blackstone’s 2025 investment performance was pretty good.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

This dual audience for the written word—readers and advertisers—has survived in digital media, and as with silly summer inserts, it’s often the tail of advertising that wags the dog of text.

From Slate ● May 21, 2025

CPU wags her hind end and looks up at Ray with eyes that pop out of her head, and her tongue hanging out of one side of her mouth.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The media hall monitor at the Poynter Institute wagged his finger, which someone actually pays him for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

He is also now teammates with Gerrit Cole, the Yankees pitcher who famously wagged his finger in annoyance at then-Seattle Mariners rookie Caballero during a June 2023 game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

Dr Williams said Pumpkin, despite everything, still "wagged his tail" when he saw her.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024

Dipper met every kind of famous person, Stewart said, including presidents and kings, which means he very well might have wagged his tail in Biden’s presence back when he was Barack Obama’s veep.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024

He wagged his tail and seemed to be pleased with everything.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

If a leveraged fund grows large enough, it can start to have a significant impact on the underlying stock to which it is tied, a phenomenon traders refer to as “the tail wagging the dog.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The cinematic commercial got tongues wagging online last week and capped a crazy run of lengthy, star-studded videos dropping ahead of the Fifa Men's World Cup.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

In a sense, it is like the tail wagging the dog.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

Doncic missed his first free-throw attempt and paused before taking his second, speaking with an official while wagging his finger in the direction of Bitadze.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

Sure enough, in about ten minutes he came up through the woods, wagging his tail.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien