as in pursuit
the act of going after or in the tracks of another
the merciless dogging of the Hollywood couple by the press
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as in chasing
to go after or on the track of
star athletes being dogged by fans when they're out in public
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as in hounding
to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders
tired of constantly having to dog their son about cleaning his room
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Recent Examples of dogging
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
So, sometimes silence and solitude is necessary, and just like sitting on a plane watching nothing, doing nothing, just staring blankly at … it's called raw-dogging a flight.
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Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
As for how raw-dogging became a topic of conversation?
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
He's just been straight raw-dogging the last three days, staring off into space.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Stuck with no way out, and the Hexts’ head of security Jon (Lee Jae-yoon) dogging her steps, Cola hid the drive in an empty vodka bottle before she was forced down to the engine room to be held captive.
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Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
No bins or baskets, just raw-dogging it up there (for lack of a better phrase).
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Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
But its relative youth and iconic mascot have not shielded the brand from many of the same issues dogging the company’s older brands, such as Maxwell House and Philadelphia.
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Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
Beyond the subtle nod to the Apple TV show, Carden, 46, recently talked to PEOPLE about Cola's surprising habit of raw-dogging her flights.
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Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Offshore Data Centers Face Challenges Aikido’s plan avoids the prickly not-in-my-backyard complaints that are dogging both onshore wind and data-center projects.
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IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
Bloomingdale’s recent performance provides some affirmation that with proper execution, the department store model is still viable, despite what have been decades of consolidation and skepticism dogging the sector.
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David Moin,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
But the downbeat mood also seemed to reflect the lackluster indie-film business that’s been dogging the festival for years.
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Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
There was plenty of hot-dogging to go around.
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Graham Kates,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
So, sometimes silence and solitude is necessary, and just like sitting on a plane watching nothing, doing nothing, just staring blankly at … it's called raw-dogging a flight.
—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
As for how raw-dogging became a topic of conversation?
—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
He's just been straight raw-dogging the last three days, staring off into space.
—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Verb
There is a new solution to a problem that's been dogging the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.
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Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Stuck with no way out, and the Hexts’ head of security Jon (Lee Jae-yoon) dogging her steps, Cola hid the drive in an empty vodka bottle before she was forced down to the engine room to be held captive.
—
Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
No bins or baskets, just raw-dogging it up there (for lack of a better phrase).
—
Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
But its relative youth and iconic mascot have not shielded the brand from many of the same issues dogging the company’s older brands, such as Maxwell House and Philadelphia.
—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
Beyond the subtle nod to the Apple TV show, Carden, 46, recently talked to PEOPLE about Cola's surprising habit of raw-dogging her flights.
—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Offshore Data Centers Face Challenges Aikido’s plan avoids the prickly not-in-my-backyard complaints that are dogging both onshore wind and data-center projects.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Mar. 2026
Bloomingdale’s recent performance provides some affirmation that with proper execution, the department store model is still viable, despite what have been decades of consolidation and skepticism dogging the sector.
—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
18 Feb. 2026
But the downbeat mood also seemed to reflect the lackluster indie-film business that’s been dogging the festival for years.
—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogging
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Yet The Bear has always been equally attuned to the tension at the heart of that pursuit.
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The pursuit lasted around five minutes before the suspect successfully evaded officers.
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The lightweight, toner-meets-serum formula also layers in niacinamide and adenosine for anyone chasing a bouncy, healthy glow.
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To survive and grow, more wealth management firms are chasing the surging ranks of the extremely wealthy and their more profitable accounts.
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Speaking about the tumultuous relationship on a 2024 episode of SiriusXM's This Life of Mine with James Corden, Miller reflected on the boiling point between the scandalous affair and the chaos of the paparazzi and tabloids hounding them.
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Members of the media followed the family constantly, hounding them for quotes.
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An index tracking semiconductor stocks has surged almost 88% since March, its best quarterly performance on record, according to FactSet data that goes back until to 1994.
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To estimate how many parasitoid wasp species in the Costa Rican national park have evaded detection, the researchers took cues from infectious disease tracking.
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While future modeling gigs are up in the air, the brothers said that their priority is pursuing music.
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Rather than pursuing one clear objective, Mars has the strength, energy and mental capacity to entertain several ideas, conversations and conflicts simultaneously when transiting this Air sign.
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Your 10th House of Career and Status receives Jupiter, urging long-range vision and public progress that grows through structure.
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City officials are urging residents to take the heat seriously.
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The funds would come from the Commodity Credit Corporation, a funding initiative through the federal agency, and would go toward tracing, surveying and trapping response programs for the next three years.
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Other response efforts have scaled up significantly since the start of the outbreak, officials said, but contact tracing continues to lag.
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His advice for a session is to chase whatever task is nagging at you, but resist the temptation to sneak in actual work.
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His one rule for guests is to chase whatever task is nagging at them, but to resist sneaking in actual work.
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“Dogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogging. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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