dog
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It was complete with our signatures and an anatomically incorrect line-drawing of our dog, Mittens, peeing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
The court hearing took place in Jenkinson's absence as he was blocked from the building after arriving with his dog.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
But that’s not all that happened; the op-ed acted as a dog whistle, bringing out a torrent of abuse.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Since its first appearance on the Coney Island boardwalk, the hot dog has been dogged by a lowbrow reputation—low nutrition, low quality, low price—maligned by public-health officials and persnickety parents alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I had a sack of dog food with me and fed that to them when I stopped to camp.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Chestnut, known as “Jaws” and “the Glizzy Gladiator” by different generations, said that the appeal of hot dogs at any price might partly come down to nostalgia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tick populations rely on deer, dogs, mice, and even birds to survive, and pets are often on the front lines of tick infestations.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
From watching the dogs when we were away to helping set up family parties, he was one of us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Along with six all-beef hot dogs and six sauces, the $60 tower comes with waffle fries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
We get hot dogs and lemonades and shuffle into our row side-ways, just as the game is beginning, squeezing past the people who are already in their seats.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Sarah Ravin, a clinical psychologist in Coral Gables, Fla., told me the discourse is somewhat reminiscent of the criticism that dogged some young celebrities in the 2000s, including Mary-Kate Olsen and Nicole Richie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The pushback against human involvement similarly dogged Koji Kinjo's 2009 opening of an "artificial sea" that he built from scratch in the village of Yomitan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It is an Achilles' heel that has dogged Scheffler before, but the PGA Tour has him as fifth-best putter, external on tour in 2026 - so it is certainly not a problem every week.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
At the heart of these campaigns is a dogged pursuit of transparency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
They understood how dogged patience and persistence could pay off.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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
Another issue dogging the stock is whether Nvidia can maintain its huge technological advantage and defend its dominant market share.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
In a recent article, Salon staff reporter Russell Payne offers this important example of the dynamic dogging Democrats:
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024
But then, halfway through the second half, he stopped dogging me.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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