running dog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • The chain of landforms to the west of Kauai is so small that it was not easily spotted in the satellite images taken as Kiko roared across the Pacific toward Hawaii as a Category 4 hurricane.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The application also suggests Globalstar wants to bolster its existing satellite coverage with the high-altitude platform stations, also known as HAPS.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the language of a company man, not a freethinker.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The 58-year-old Bergman is a company man, having joined back in 1996, and is regarded as sharp and skilled at overseeing a portfolio that includes Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation and Lucasfilm.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • What made Armani’s designs so appealing to Ovitz and his minions wasn’t just their confident power-suit cut.
    Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Vex can use that energy to empower herself, or channel it to conjure deadly minions that fight alongside her.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The 1850 version mandated that the federal government actively help slave catchers track and apprehend people who’d escaped slavery.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Inside the first Colosseum, the masses of Rome watched slaves and animals butcher one another.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the end of the episode, tragedy strikes when Robbie’s latest robbery ends in one of his henchmen and all of the drug house’s attendants dying.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The citizens of Venezuela don't deserve to live under the tyrannical rule of Maduro or any of his henchmen!
    Dan Gooding Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cats can become infected by ingesting raw meat or prey that carries the parasite.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And if there's a bite mark, chances are some contamination has happened because animals can carry bacteria and parasites in their saliva.
    Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Try a microfiber cloth or soft sponge instead.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Head to Amazon now to snag Wright’s Copper Cream to make your pieces sparkle, plus shop copper cookware, non-abrasive sponges, and microfiber cloths to add extra shine to your products.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the months before the $5 million match, Ali turned up the invective, calling Frazier dumb, mocking his dark skin, and painting him as a lackey for his white handlers.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
  • This is about the president of the United States and his complicit lackey Stephen Miller searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities and end elections.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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