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Recent Examples of pup
Tracy Wright, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
This corn dog is an all-beef pup that has been wrapped in a white cheese before being battered and fried.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Sightings stretch back to the early 2000s, but the creatures started pupping — having babies — around Point La Jolla roughly a decade ago.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Authorities originally thought the dog wanted to play but later realized the pup was trying to help.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
This corn dog is an all-beef pup that has been wrapped in a white cheese before being battered and fried.
—Zahir Janmohamed, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
Their pupping sites in the shallower northeastern Caspian Sea are shifting and disappearing, as the animals also struggle against pollution and overfishing.
—Laura Paddison, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Sightings stretch back to the early 2000s, but the creatures started pupping — having babies — around Point La Jolla roughly a decade ago.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pup
Noun
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Johnson intended to go home and prep her house for the new puppy and then going back to get him the next morning, but ended up leaving with him that same day.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The findings revealed that the puppy was severely malnourished.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Starting today, February 12, 2025, Android customers can watch Apple TV+ on their mobile devices — phones, tablets, and foldables, whatever those are (just kidding, this is what those are).—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
12 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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Lochlan is mostly just a puppy dog, not really joining in but not really bothered by his family’s excesses, either.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 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
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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Just having the labels helped kindle my interest in playing around with things.—
Oshan Jarow,
Vox,
8 Jan. 2025
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All told, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield started the year low, burst higher amid signs that inflation would be more stubborn than expected, then tumbled in the summer as inflation fears subsided and the unemployment rate rose to a level that kindled recession fears.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
3 Jan. 2025
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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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Elon Musk has fathered his 14th child, according to People and Reuters, drawing more backlash from people online.—
Charles Trepany,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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In a rare public statement shared on her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 2, the 45-year-old reality star addressed claims that her 15-year-old son Mason Disick had recently fathered a child.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Into Mischief has sired the last three San Felipe winners trained by Bob Baffert (2024, 2021, 2020) with 2020 winner Authentic going on to also win the September running of the Kentucky Derby following COVID.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Further, males who sired at least one calf were at least three times more likely to sire more offspring than would be expected if mating were random.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Pup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pup. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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