bird-dog
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Say what you will about his politics; the Tesla Model Y drives like a bird-dog in the hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Now that we know how the show works, it's easy to bird-dog the secrets hiding in plain sight.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2022
The city also has restricted the renting of homes through online short-term rental services such as Airbnb, but like most small municipalities, it can’t bird-dog all that activity.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 2019
She said she does the same with her colleagues in Congress during her “never-ending effort” to bird-dog growing legislative efforts to require more scrutiny of Chinese students and scholars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2019
Say, Frisk," he continued, addressing a bird-dog which was enjoying a good rest at the side of his master, "old fellow, can't you find a turkey for us?
From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Henry S. Spalding
“Politicians aren’t ignoring us anymore, and it’s because we agitated, we organized, and we bird-dogged these politicians every place they were.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021
Television crews bird-dogged passing senators with questions and quips.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
They bird-dogged public hearings and visited Chambers of Commerce and Lions and Rotary Clubs, putting 200,000 miles on their truck.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2011
Over New Year's, they bird-dogged a line of student demonstrators on a four-day, 75-mile protest walk from Belfast to Londonderry.
From Time Magazine Archive
The organization will continue to use “the full set of tactics that we have used in the past,” said Prakash, meaning that Sunrise’s bird-dogging and sit-ins probably aren’t going anywhere.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2022
A few residents kept a close eye on the mounting crisis, posting news of pipe breaks and photos of filthy water online, as well as bird-dogging local officials.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2019
When they did make contact, they deployed a strategy known as bird-dogging, asking pointed questions about how a senator would be voting.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 6, 2018
In bird-dogging senators, I worked with one of our ace congressional correspondents, Thomas Kaplan, who honed his skills prying secrets out of the New York State Legislature.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 2017
He's hand in glove with McCaffery and that blonde is bird-dogging him around town and pointing out McCaffery's enemies.
From "And That's How It Was, Officer" by Ralph Sholto
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