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doghouse

[dog-haus, dog-] / ˈdɒgˌhaʊs, ˈdɒg- /




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The world’s only remaining $4 trillion company has actually been a bit in the doghouse with investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

But as the stock’s reaction shows, private managers like Blackstone remain in the Wall Street doghouse.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

It’s Microsoft’s turn to be in the investor doghouse over artificial-intelligence spending.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

So he called Davis out of the doghouse and sent him to the plate to hit for shortstop Alfredo Griffin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

“Yep. He sits in his doghouse all day, watching videos, eating bowl after bowl of Frosty Paws ice cream. I hear he’s very happy.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

He’s been in and out of doghouses in his time with the Kings due to on-court performance and effort inconsistencies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Asked after the vote whether Mr Romney would be ostracised from his party, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters: "We don't have any doghouses here. The most important vote is the next vote."

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2020

An augmented-reality engineer proposed a design to combat homelessness which looked strikingly like doghouses.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019

At least have the decency to use a volcano that isn’t currently belching lava into people’s doghouses.

From Golf Digest ● Jul. 3, 2018

Here were no four-square back yards, but rambling star-flowered playgrounds with swings and seesaws and shaded swimming holes; with exquisite doghouses good enough for little girls' dolls to live in.

From The Servant Problem by Robert F. Young




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