as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife
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Verb
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The Packers are chasing a fourth straight playoff berth after going 9-8-1 and losing 31-27 to the Chicago Bears in the NFC wild-card playoff round last season.—
Steve Megargee,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026 -
Joseph Wright chased that question in the set of paintings that the National Gallery is currently exhibiting.—
Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Quijano's team was able to track the orbits of the 15 binary systems to millisecond accuracy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Fall-Winter 2026 Vogue Business size inclusivity report identified declines in both mid- and plus-size representation on the runway, to the lowest levels since the publication started tracking this data three years ago.—
Rory Satran,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jessie Holmes and his team of sled dogs successfully defended their Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race title this week, becoming the first musher to accomplish the feat in a decade.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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The grueling sled dog race covers about 1,000 miles in the Alaska wilderness.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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Senators Chris Murphy and Ruben Gallego have spoken publicly about wanting to pursue this, and Bedoya notes that there’s precedent for this action, citing Democrats’ recent introduction of a bill to break up the meatpacking industry to create lower prices for consumers.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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Some states have post-mortem rights, allowing estates and heirs to pursue claims for varying amounts of time after a celebrity has died, while others don’t.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog— Eyes.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The White House has been dogged by tough headlines following the collapse of a second round of peace deal negotiations with Tehran this week.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Apr. 2026
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Higher electricity costs could dog incumbents Rising electricity rates stemming partially from data centers could spell trouble for the toss-up district Republicans as the politicians attempt to run on an affordability agenda against the backdrop of the Iran war.—
Caleigh Keating,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Let the python hunters go in there and do their thing.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sportsmen’s groups generally connect recreational shooters and hunters, and at the congressional level the caucus is bipartisan.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Bird-dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bird-dog. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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