running dog

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Noun
  • The fleet leader, Booster No. 1,067, has now launched 457 satellites and eight astronauts over its 25 flights.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Also in 2027, US car companies cannot buy or import any connected vehicle software, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular satellite, and autonomous driving systems.
    Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In 2014, Microsoft surprised people by promoting the ultimate company man, Satya Nadella, to CEO.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a lot of synergy, and Michaels is a company man.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Not even the dynamic duos of Joy and Anxiety, Deadpool and Wolverine, Gru and his minions or Paul Atreides and those massive sandworms could push the 2024 box office to pre-pandemic heights.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This perspective recalls in some sense Aristotle’s thinking – that a slave is a tool to be used by another.
    Monti Datta, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Dorsey was the son of Thomas Dorsey, a former slave who escaped to Philadelphia and became a wealthy caterer.
    Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Borisov, whose Russian henchman Igor grows close to Mikey Madison's titular character over the course or Baker's unpredictable odyssey, has been dominating awards season for his breakthrough performance.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Also joining the cast are Sam C. Wilson as Trap Jaw, Kojo Attah as Tri-Klops and Hafthor Bjornsson as Goat Man — three of Skeletor's henchmen.
    Lawrence Yee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The parasite then feeds on the fish’s body fluids; to keep the juices flowing, the sea lamprey secrets an enzyme that prevents its host's blood from clotting.
    Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition commonly known as elephantiasis.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Punk and Emo, the forerunners of today’s worm-mollusks, lived on the dark seafloor amid gardens of sponges, nearly 200 million years before the first dinosaurs emerged on land.
    Kate Golembiewski, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Add the detergent to the water then dip the sponge or cloth in the water and get to work on the spot.
    Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.

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