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dog

[dawg, dog] / dɔg, dɒg /




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So much for the dog days of summer!

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

“At that time, I saw a gap that needed to be filled in the market,” Graves, who named the restaurant after his dog, told me.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

"We know everybody and his dog involved in the fight wants to do the fight in America. We don't," added Hearn.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

File it under the dog that didn’t bark.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

I’m relieved Nate didn’t ask too many questions about why I wanted to steal my own dog, because that’d be the first question I would’ve asked.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The coastguard said dogs could be attracted to the smell and might try to eat it - and if it was ingested it could cause a fatal reaction.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

After 26 years, they’ve watched three generations of dogs come and go.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

I learned that he’s a proud father of two boys and a girl, and two dogs named Nipsey and Scrap, whom he affectionately calls his “babies.”

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

There are a lot of dogs, but if you look at enough, you will find some gems.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

‘One of the dogs has found the trail!’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

While artificial-intelligence disruption fears have dogged the sector this year, investors seem to be coming around to the view that some software-as-a-service companies will hold up better than others in the AI era.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

However, his final season at the Etihad was dogged by poor results as City ended the 2024-25 season trophyless - just the second time that had happened since Guardiola joined the club in July 2016.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Japan's defence minister paid his respects Saturday at a shrine honouring the country's war dead that has long dogged Tokyo's relations with its Asian neighbours, but Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stayed away.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Russian-Japanese relations have long been dogged by the contested islands, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and seized by the Soviet Union in 1945.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

“You tried to act all down and then you dogged my cousin.”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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

Materne noted that skepticism of Microsoft’s AI strategy is another factor dogging the stock.

From MarketWatch Mar. 25, 2026

Separate corruption investigations have targeted Sanchez's wife Begona Gomez and his younger brother David Sanchez, dogging his government for more than a year.

From Barron's Oct. 30, 2025

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

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers




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