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dachshund

[dahks-hoond, dak-suhnd, dash-] / ˈdɑksˌhʊnd, ˈdækˌsənd, ˈdæʃ- /


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At one point Mulligan's Lindsay, an interior designer with a dachshund called Burberry, points out that she and Josh have "so much more experience being petty".

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

A 2025 story of optimism from Valerie the dachshund.

From MarketWatch Dec. 31, 2025

My little office where I write and hang out with my two dogs—a Great Dane and a rescued dachshund.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 2, 2025

Ellena Whitfield, a Westchester-based project manager, worked from Bluff Creek Dog Park in early July as her 1-year-old dachshund Zero scampered around with a chew toy dwarfing his snout.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2025

He got that from an old cartoon about a dachshund named Auggie Doggie, by the way.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

Other subjects included Hockney’s dachshunds, Stanley and Boodgie; friends, such as textile designer Celia Birtwell and curator Henry Geldzahler; and family, including his mother and father.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

He told National Public Radio last year the characters, a pair of dachshunds named Perry and Augie, were inspired by his nephews.

From Seattle Times Mar. 7, 2023

The highlight is Saturday afternoon’s 10th annual Wiener 500 Dachshund Dash, which finds multiple heats of dachshunds racing down a 70-foot track while humans cheer and watch on a giant video screen.

From Washington Post Sep. 15, 2022

Swanson lives in Lodi, N.J., about a 30-minute drive from downtown Manhattan, with his wife, Maria, and their 17 hawks and falcons, a coup of pigeons, two dachshunds and Ozzy, the Eurasian eagle-owl.

From New York Times Jun. 23, 2022

In an envelope, I put ten dollars I’d made from walking the Gouchers’ dachshunds.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate




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