running dog

Definition of running dognext

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Noun
  • Using a Garmin inReach satellite device, the brothers were able to alert rescuers, but help wasn’t coming quickly.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Payload is communications satellite for Hispasat known also as the Amazonas Nexus.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 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
  • Clarkias are named after prominent explorer William Clark, who, along with Meriwether Lewis, took his personal slave York on their most famous expedition.
    Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Okra came to the United States with those cooks via the transatlantic slave route and served as a link to their African heritage.
    Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Your president and his minions spread war, chaos, lies and economic instability.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Scott Quigley, a loyal minion of yet another septuagenarian Democrat hack DA, Marian Ryan of Middlesex County.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • When the newlyweds arrive home, they are attacked by Naz and his henchman (played by Matt Willig).
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Key witnesses in the government’s case included Spann’s top henchmen, who cooperated with prosecutors in hopes for leniency.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • While viral infections are the most common cause in the United States, bacteria, parasites and fungi can also cause the condition.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The Florida Museum of Natural History notes that the pythons have also introduced harmful non-native parasites to Florida and reduced medium-sized mammal populations by more than 90%, significantly changing the Everglades ecosystem.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, early versions of mollusks and sponges populated the seafloor as jellyfish floated above.
    Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • Sprinkle baking soda into your sink, then scrub with a wet sponge or cloth.
    Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • That means, of course, she’s now been phased out of her role as a factory lackey in dystopian near-future Brazil due to her age.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 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, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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