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[dawg, dog] / dɔg, dɒg /




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Giving dogs “far too many food rewards” is “the biggest problem with dog training at the moment,” said Dr. Ian Dunbar, a veterinarian and animal behaviorist in Berkeley, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

We watched their dog when they traveled, and they collected our mail when we were away.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

In an analysis of the incident, computer scientist Cal Newport likened OpenAI’s training approach to strapping a Weedwacker to your dog to do yard work.

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

After that, we’ll go back home, give our dog Chico another walk and watch Netflix until we fall asleep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rain songs and first-snow songs and meat songs and come-back-and-stay-with-us songs and even puppy-training songs, but I had heard this song only once, when an old dog had died in the kennel.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

The Tailgaters have a first base coach who grills hot dogs and hamburgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The 43-year-old was walking his two dogs in north London last week when he was attacked by a German Shepherd.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“You would instead concede that dogs are unpredictable, so it was dumb to attach something dangerous to one.”

From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026

Tairine, who sells hot dogs, used to abstain from voting, even though - as voting is compulsory in Brazil - not going to the polls incurs a fine.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

I thought I had to have a trapline to justify running the dogs, so I kept the line.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

That is stirring questions that have long dogged China’s official data: Are the numbers accurate?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Still, the president has shown a dogged willingness to try, try again.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Bass has been dogged by high unfavorable ratings since the Palisades fire, which broke out in January 2025 while she was out of the country, destroying thousands of homes and leaving 12 dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

England have been dogged by off-field issues in recent times.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

No. They, Sierra and the spirits, would not be manipulated, dogged, oppressed.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

It took one look for people to start dogging the company out for its unreadability.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

One consequence: Xi has so far shrugged off signs that China needs to boost consumption to fight persistent deflation that is dogging the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The broader question of whether eye-watering AI spending will ever pay off is also dogging Meta.

From Barron's ● May 28, 2026

“One of the core issues” dogging Microsoft investors, according to Morgan Stanley’s Keith Weiss, is that spending came in higher than expected while Azure has been growing “maybe” a bit slower than hoped.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

But then, halfway through the second half, he stopped dogging me.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers


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