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an aggressive and fiercely determined person
a pit bull who won't let anyone stand in her way to the top of the corporate ladder
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Baytown spokesperson Jason Calder told the outlet that both dogs are male pit bull mixes, and the one that did not attack the girl was in a kennelat the time.
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Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Miss Scarlet, a pit bull mix, was brought to a vet by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Cincinnati on March 17 after receiving a call that the dog had been shot, WKRC reported.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Milo, a 3-year-old terrier pit bull mix, didn’t have a good life up until someone finally started looking out for him, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a March 21 Facebook post.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
The window has developed certain regulars, namely a sweet pit bull mix named Juice and Cali, who regularly comes dressed in her best pearls.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Rhiannon Saegert, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Miss Scarlet, a pit bull mix, was brought to a vet by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Cincinnati on March 17 after receiving a call that the dog had been shot, WKRC reported.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
Milo, a 3-year-old terrier pit bull mix, didn’t have a good life up until someone finally started looking out for him, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said in a March 21 Facebook post.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
The window has developed certain regulars, namely a sweet pit bull mix named Juice and Cali, who regularly comes dressed in her best pearls.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pit bull
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Research on the Australian thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), driven to extinction less than a century ago, is ahead of schedule.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
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After all, what could the pattern of a tiger’s skin have to do with abstract mathematics?—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Pit bull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit%20bull. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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