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dog

[dawg, dog] / dɔg, dɒg /




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The Lincoln has five chaplains, as well as a counselor, psychologist, clinical social worker, three behavioral health technicians and one dog, Cao said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

James and his combat dog Odin survive the crash, just barely, but they’re stranded deep in the wilderness, miles from civilization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Belmont tells him he’s the greatest dog that ever lived.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

A Turkish city cooked up largest-ever pot of baked beans, but no giant hot dog to go with it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

It was a big dog, a loud dog —a German shepherd, I think, but I can’t be sure.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Close to a lagoon in north Wales, she thought she could walk her baby, toddler and dogs on public footpaths.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

You also have less control over what happens to these dogs when they are out of your immediate care.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Recent trends pairing caviar with chicken nuggets and hot dogs had already created something of an identity crisis for the snooty food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Warming oceans, habitat destruction, predation by rats and dogs, competition with commercial fisheries and accidental capture in fishing nets are also threatening many populations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was huge and complicated, with angry dogs who didn’t listen, and many of the Bright Beasts-that-Bite-Hot.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Lobbying remains dogged by a reputation as a shadowy trade.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Francis Fukuyama looks back on the book that put his ideas on the world stage—and the misunderstanding that has dogged him since.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Charles’s motto was “It’s dogged as does it,” and while it may not have been a reflection of his love of dogs, it was a reflection of his work ethic.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Morrow told the judge Thursday he didn’t believe his clients’ cases should be scrutinized solely because of the allegations dogging his firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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

Another question dogging Nvidia has been whether it will lose its dominance as companies shift from training AI models toward inference—the process of running the models.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Nick and Trip played high, and I kept dogging Ice.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers




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