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San Diego’s home market was as quiet as ever during the dog days of summer.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
But the bullpen suffered the bite of the dog days before rebounding in the first half of September.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Flowering tends to wane during the dog days of summer, at which point plants can be cut back by half to encourage a fresh flush of autumn blooms.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as the industry gears up for a busy fall season, but some shows broke from the pack to do very well indeed for the late-summer dog days.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
But the bullpen suffered the bite of the dog days before rebounding in the first half of September.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Flowering tends to wane during the dog days of summer, at which point plants can be cut back by half to encourage a fresh flush of autumn blooms.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Broadway box office was mostly in a holding pattern last week as the industry gears up for a busy fall season, but some shows broke from the pack to do very well indeed for the late-summer dog days.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Dog days.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog%20days. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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