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To paraphrase some anonymous wag, never let a cross-cultural calamity go to waste.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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

Bosh, Grendel, and Poppy wag their tails and drool.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Talk of ending the traditional dinner described by some wags as the quintessential glitzy Washington, D.C., event is growing.

From Salon ● May 1, 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

As the fabled fight song heats up and the legendary gesture wags anew, let’s get one thing straight about what was once the Los Angeles sports landscape’s shining monument.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025

Du Barry wags a finger at Madam Claire, then sighs.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

After striking Caballero out, Cole wagged his finger at him while walking off the mound.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

As Palencia came toward the sideline, he wagged his finger as if to say he didn’t make an offensive comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

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

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024

Kodi the griffon mix, who plays Cosmos in the Swiss comedy-drama, narrowly beat Xin, a sighthound who instead wagged away with the Grand Jury Prize for the Chinese drama “Black Dog.”

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

His tail wagged, about a 200 on the wpm, or wags per minute, meter.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

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

"She just came straight out, straight over to me, wagging her tail."

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

He played doubles with Emma Raducanu at last year's US Open, setting tongues wagging, but the British player has insisted they are "just good friends".

From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026

Bo sits up like he knows he’s being talked about: his black ears flopped forward, white chest half covered in mud as usual, and his tail wagging madly on the ground as always.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler