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doghouse

[dog-haus, dog-] / ˈdɒgˌhaʊs, ˈdɒg- /




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The first step out of the doghouse was launching basic and free cloud services that worked and enhanced the user experience.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

They had just started to emerge from the Magnificent Seven’s shadow in January after years in the doghouse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 28, 2026

And Davis was deep in Lasorda’s doghouse after a career-worse season in which he slashed .196/.260/.270 with two homers and more strikeouts than hits in 108 games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

I had the impression he was angry, disappointed, and a little hurt, and that I was in the doghouse for my lack of understanding.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

It is also important to ensure your outdoor doghouses have ventilation at all times, if not they can become a heat trap, Bernstein said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024

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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