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Which doesn’t keep him from being the driest wag in the cul-de-sac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

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

Cooper Connolly made a late 23 but the tail failed to wag as India turned the screws.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025

Rowdy was so sad he wouldn’t even wag his tail.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

“Obsession,” on the other hand, wags its finger at projecting a fantasy onto your crush.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

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

She wags her stump and then stops, sniffing the air.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Trusty wagged a finger and sprinted to celebrate with the U.S. bench.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

His efforts seemed to have put his side on course to win, but the Brave tailed wagged to pull off a remarkable victory.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

As Stone wagged his finger at Milei, an aide tried to interpret the pronouncements into Spanish.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

LeBron James’ tongue wagged after he glided from right to left to bank in a runner off one foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

The dog wagged her tail just the least bit.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

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

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

In a brief closeup from an earlier tournament game, Mara was shown wagging his tongue in celebration … or was that in revenge?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Supermodel Heidi Klum got tongues wagging on the red carpet while taking comically short steps in a nude latex dress.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

Cotton jumped over puddles of muddy water while Wishbone scampered along behind him, ears flopping and tail wagging.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor