running dog

noun

Definition of running dognext
as in satellite

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  1. satellite
  2. company man
  3. minion
  4. slave
  5. henchman
  6. parasite
  7. sponge
  8. lackey
Noun
  • 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
  • Available reporters then monitor their radio scanners, wildfire cameras, satellites and other public sources for information.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of satellite
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
Definition of company man
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
Definition of minion
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
Definition of slave
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
Definition of henchman
Noun
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that symptoms of Guinea worm disease, caused by consuming the parasite Dracunculus medinensis, might not manifest until a year after infection.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
  • To some, these new arrivals were symptoms of rot – parasites attaching themselves to a dying host.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of parasite
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
Definition of sponge
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
Definition of lackey
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