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pup

[puhp] / pʌp /




NOUN
puppy
Synonyms


NOUN
whelp
Synonyms




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"When I joined police 15 months ago they said to be ready for anything, so I guess this demonstrates that's true!" said Constable Taylor, who escorted the pup.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Happy ending for stray pup that sparked wild tarmac chase.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Violet, the elephant seal pup, was rescued at Palos Verdes Estates in mid-March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

It states these can have long-lasting consequences to the animals' health and that it can lead to pup abandonment, wasted energy from staying alert and injuries from panic fleeing.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Not the shy squeak of a mouse pup.

From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate

She said until this year, the trust had never recorded seal pups being born in every month of a calendar year, and believed climate change had influenced breeding patterns.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

When temperatures rise, the females abandon their pups to hunt for food, he explained.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

But I do cherish thoughts of snorkeling with playful sea lion pups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The announcement resembled Colossal’s rollout of the “dire wolf” pups: Publications that had received guided tours of its lab produced breathless articles taking Colossal’s claims at face value, generally lacking skeptical commentary by unaffiliated biologists.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

When the pups had been first born, Pap got vexed with me once I started naming ’em.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

After a bitch has pupped, there always is from the vagina a discharge, which rarely ceases before a week expires, and sometimes flows forth for a longer period.

From The Dog by Dinks

"The dog has pupped," said the little old woman; and she shook her man.

From The Path of Life by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

John Lang, Esq., deputy-sheriff of Selkirk, had a female cur big with pups, which on one occasion, when out in the fields attending the cattle, was taken in travail, and pupped on the moor.

From Anecdotes of Dogs by Edward Jesse

But they've beat me plumb out—same as if I was some sucker who ain't never roped an' branded a three-year-old steer since I was pupped.

From The Forfeit by Ridgwell Cullum

A thought struck me: one of the many curs, which range wild throughout Tehran, had just pupped under a ruined archway, close to our house.

From The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan by James Morier

The sea lion breeding and pupping season is fast approaching at main rookeries such as the Channel Islands, according to Giancarlo Rulli, associate director of public relations for the Marine Mammal Center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

"Although all of the cownose rays in Bermuda to date are females, we also observed small, immature rays suggesting pupping may have recently occurred here," said Ajemian.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024

This month the seals will begin another pupping season in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024

The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 made it safe for the seals to return from Canadian waters, but they didn’t establish pupping colonies until the early 1990s.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 2, 2023

Assistance, when to be afforded during pupping, 360.

From The Dog by Dinks




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