wag
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The criticism usually ends there, with a finger wag and a head shake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
You can’t wag your finger at people and say, “You should be going to the theater and having this theatrical experience,” but you feel it rising right now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
“I tell clients, ‘Don’t let the tax tail wag the dog.’”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 26, 2025
Cooper Connolly made a late 23 but the tail failed to wag as India turned the screws.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
Fred tried to reassure the boy with a happy tail wag.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
Sitting next to Carr, Faith begged to differ, smiling as she wags her finger at the camera.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
Wall Street wags say bigger investment managers will do worse, but Blackstone’s 2025 investment performance was pretty good.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
As the fabled fight song heats up and the legendary gesture wags anew, let’s get one thing straight about what was once the Los Angeles sports landscape’s shining monument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2025
Instead, he posted “Unconditional Surrender” on Truth Social, without any explanation of what that meant, leading some wags in Washington to hope he had just resigned.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025
Boomer’s tail goes crazy again, and he wags his way over to her.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
Trusty wagged a finger and sprinted to celebrate with the U.S. bench.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
His efforts seemed to have put his side on course to win, but the Brave tailed wagged to pull off a remarkable victory.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Dipper met every kind of famous person, Stewart said, including presidents and kings, which means he very well might have wagged his tail in Biden’s presence back when he was Barack Obama’s veep.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2024
LeBron James’ tongue wagged after he glided from right to left to bank in a runner off one foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
The dog wagged her tail just the least bit.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
In a sense, it is like the tail wagging the dog.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
He played doubles with Emma Raducanu at last year's US Open, setting tongues wagging, but the British player has insisted they are "just good friends".
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
A lot of that might be the tail wagging the dog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
However, the black and white spaniel still happily greeted her rescuers with a wagging tail which "pulled on the heartstrings", she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
She could see Papa in her mind, wagging a finger at her.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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