doghouse

noun

dog·house ˈdȯg-ˌhau̇s

: a shelter for a dog

: a state of disfavor

—often used in the phrase in the doghouse

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Morgan Stanley: This bank stock is finally out of the doghouse. —

Kevin Stankiewicz,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2024 Energy stocks have been hot, yet BP remains in the dividend doghouse. —

Brett Owens, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Ronald Reagan gave his Cavalier King Charles spaniel Rex a doghouse decorated with framed portraits of him and Nancy, in a ceremony presided over by Zsa Zsa Gabor and her dog Macho. —

Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024 Flashback: The Obamas had Bo and Sunny, the Reagans had Rex (who had framed pictures of his presidential owners in his doghouse) and the Kennedys had a fleet of dogs including the pup Pushinka, a descendent of a Soviet space dog gifted by former Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev. —

Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for doghouse