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Recent Examples of pup
Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The story of a small dog who went missing after she was adopted from a Missouri shelter now has a happy ending after the pup was discovered safe and sound.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
The pupping season stretches for a few months, from the spring when coyotes are born, through the summer, when juveniles leave their parents.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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Noun
Two harbor seal pups born at Children’s Pool Two harbor seal pups were born recently at La Jolla’s Children’s Pool, possibly the first of this year’s pupping season.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
The story of a small dog who went missing after she was adopted from a Missouri shelter now has a happy ending after the pup was discovered safe and sound.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
Coyotes become especially active during mating and pupping season, and in Southern California, have claimed the backyards and surrounding hills around the residential neighborhood of Mar Vista as a part of their territory.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
The pupping season stretches for a few months, from the spring when coyotes are born, through the summer, when juveniles leave their parents.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pup
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And yet Melissa McCarthy’s gut-busting bridesmaid, Megan, went the extra mile down the path of crazy, from her unabashed man-hunting to her unashamed puppy kidnapping.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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The internet has fallen head-over-heels for a tiny puppy showing her excitement over getting trained.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Finally, Mack’s precocious 11-year-old daughter Opal (Norah Murphy) is more in tune with adults than kids her age.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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Every human being, every parent, wants what’s best for their kid and wants there kid to be better than them.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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There’s still room for puppy dogs and ice cream in this story.—
Jeff Rabhan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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At one point, an android with puppy dog eyes is introduced, only to vanish a couple of scenes later.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Local authorities were able to coax the bobcat kitten out of the tree and bring it some comfort.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
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We're just kitten around.—
Lizz Schumer,
Good Housekeeping,
10 Mar. 2023
Verb
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The unequal toll of COVID-19 kindled a national conversation about health disparities.—
Pria Anand,
TIME,
18 Feb. 2025
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The subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the embassy in Tehran kindled decades of enmity.—
Nasser Karimi,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2024
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When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
3 May 2024
Verb
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Before his passing on April 12, Dax, a German shepherd, fathered a litter of puppies.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Robert Charles Albon, who calls himself Joe Donor, alleges that he's fathered over 180 children in at least five countries.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Obviously Nolan has sired two kids of difference half-species that seem almost as strong as Viltrumites themselves, so what’s the deal?—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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In a society that favors a patriarchal breadwinner over one who can’t even sire a child, who can’t fulfill filial prophecy because of his own emotional stuntedness, Ali is an overall feckless man by society’s standards.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Pup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pup. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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