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[hound] / haʊnd /




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It’s like telling me you beat your basset hound in tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 29, 2025

Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2025

I look at the slender brown hound next me, grey whiskers poking out round his nose.

From BBC Sep. 27, 2025

This was not the first time in my uncle’s 30-year incarceration that we’ve had to hound the Florida Department of Corrections for answers about his well-being.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2025

She spoke lightly, as if Ash were a nervous sight hound who might be spooked by a more serious tone, and Ash managed to say, “No, of course not.”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Five Los Angeles County pools will open to the area’s dogs, pooches and hounds Saturday in a special event marking the end of the pool season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

From paw prints in Mesopotamian pavement to hunting hounds in Renaissance sculpture, dogs have long featured in art.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

That includes drag hunting - which uses a fixed course for the hounds to follow - and clean‑boot hunting, where bloodhounds chase the scent of runners they mingle with before they set off.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

She made the ferry journey over to England with a fellow Dutch breeder friend and seven pooches between them -- three of them Swedish Vallhunds and four other hounds.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

“No hounds bell like those, save the pack of Gwyn the Hunter. And so,” he mused, “Gwyn, too, rides abroad.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

But she was the one that the paparazzi hounded most fiercely, feeding malicious tabloid coverage focused on her body image and weight.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

His Othello is hounded into a betrayal of his probity and hard-earned honor not just by the villainy of Iago but by the demons of his past.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Brunson, hounded mercilessly by the Spurs, didn't make a basket until the second quarter.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Swift does not appear in the video, instead compiling a "supercut" of scenes from the late actress's films, alongside archive clips and newsreels showing the star being hounded by paparazzi.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2026

I was hounded from your city in fear for my life.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Her only sin was being right too early and too often — and the world never stopped hounding her for it.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

The year before, billionaire Bill Ackman was invited for a friendly Q&A after hounding Harvard’s president out of office, and grievance-fueled media entrepreneur Bari Weiss presented a rallying plug for her Substack.

From Slate May 8, 2026

His creditors and vendors—such as cell-tower builders—are hounding him for repayment, and he should have to honor his debts.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Plus, hounding bears in the woods would have no impact on the bears knocking over neighborhood trash cans and sneaking into ice cream stores.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

When even the bellhops and waiters started hounding her, she had to escape to another hotel.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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