as in boxer
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
a retired pug with battered ears and swollen knuckles
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Recent Examples of pug
Additionally, some dogs, particularly breeds with extreme infantile traits (such as pugs and French bulldogs), may appear as helpless, harmless, and innocent as small children.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
These include basset hounds; beagles; bulldogs; cavalier king Charles spaniels; collies; golden retrievers; Labrador retrievers; papillons; and pugs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Teen escapes 12 years after abduction; school bus driver arrested
8 killed in mass shooting at strip mall in cartel stronghold
Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar dead at 44
2024 National Dog Show won by Vito the pug.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 May 2025
These include basset hounds; beagles; bulldogs; cavalier king Charles spaniels; collies; golden retrievers; Labrador retrievers; papillons; and pugs.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Teen escapes 12 years after abduction; school bus driver arrested
8 killed in mass shooting at strip mall in cartel stronghold
Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar dead at 44
2024 National Dog Show won by Vito the pug.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2024
Or make that 27, because Pudgy, Betty’s pug, a marionette with a lolling pink tongue operated by the puppeteer Phillip Huber, sometimes shakes a leg too.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pug
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To get there, Engine Room VR recruited amateur and professional boxers, including British heavyweight Johnny Fisher, to act as ambassadors and consultants.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025
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Musk's breakup with the administration has been public and is well-documented, with Trump and the Tesla CEO trading calculated jabs like pro boxers.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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In the last decade or so, the prevalent strain is fighters not merely driven by their fathers but actually trained by them.—
Mark Kriegel
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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The Netherlands has provided key arms to Kyiv, including F-16 fighter jets.—
Mike Corder,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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“Pug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pug. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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