running dog

Definition of running dognext

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Noun
  • The image from an Airbus Defense and Space Pléiades Neo satellite shows a truck loaded with 18 blue containers going into a tunnel at the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center on June 9, 2025.
    Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Airlines have been looking at low-orbiting satellite constellations for faster in-flight Wi-Fi with fewer disruptions.
    Joey Roulette, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • With that in mind, and a lack of serious options at the moment, the decisions to appoint two company men, Rosenior and Fletcher — albeit in different circumstances — is more understandable than in previous years.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Family, company man Pearce was born on Aug. 20, 1942, in Bismarck, North Dakota, to William Ridgely and Jean Murray Pearce.
    Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their… In Quelimane …it was founded by the Portuguese as a trading station in 1544 and in the 18th and 19th centuries had a slave market.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Harris survived because his older sister, Rosa, worked as a slave laborer in the concentration camp outside of Dęblin.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are shooting options connected with Universal’s app, where selections include firing off steel spheres, fireballs and, as minions would have it, bananas.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Watch for Kara's intense ocular heat ray blasts and some fancy flying while she and Lobo battle Krem and his minions off-Earth.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That is, until Krypto is poisoned by the henchmen of villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, with only three days to save him.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers argued that career anxiety under autocracy creates both pro-regime henchmen and anti-regime plotters.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Greenland Sharks Are Effective Hunters Many Greenland sharks are partially blind due to parasites on their eyes.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The parasite causes painful skin wounds or sores that worsen within a few days, a foul-smelling odor from the site of the infestation and bleeding from open sores.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Throw out those old sponges and try out a new scent (like a fresh lemon or floral) to make your home smell brand new.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The project comes amid growing interest in using sea sponges' strength and durability as inspiration in construction.
    Adam Williams April 03, New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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