running dog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • United first started rolling out Starlink access using a free-with-ads model in May, becoming one of a select club—including Hawaiian Airlines and the boutique air carrier JSX—to offer flyers access to SpaceX’s satellite broadband service.
    Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 7 June 2025
  • The Defense Department has also come to rely heavily on SpaceX's Starlink global satellite internet service, with about 50 military commands now using it, according to Defense News.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The 58-year-old Bergman is a company man, having joined back in 1996, and is regarded as sharp and skilled at overseeing a portfolio that includes Marvel, Pixar, Walt Disney Animation and Lucasfilm.
    Peter Kiefer, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2025
  • When asked by Robinson about the Heat's team-building intentions during the offseason, Adebayo was a company man, keeping word mum.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Oswald’s realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • His minions burst into federal office buildings, humiliating staffers.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • One vessel was renamed the USS Robert Smalls after a former slave who aided the Union in the Civil War, and the other was restyled the USNS Marie Tharp in honor of a ground-breaking oceanographic cartographer, according to the New York Times.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 4 June 2025
  • Canadians are the people who really fought and helped escaped slaves, remember the Underground Railroad went to Canada.
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Peter Kwong, a martial artist and actor who played one of the Three Storms in Big Trouble in Little China and a henchman in The Golden Child during a prolific acting career and was active in actors union politics and the movie and TV academy leadership, has died.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 May 2025
  • The film’s extended pre-title sequence culminates in Ethan brutally murdering the henchmen that Gabriel (Esai Morales) has dispatched to kill her.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Water, shellfish and unwashed fruits and vegetables can also harbor infectious parasite eggs.
    Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
  • The woman, whose name is redacted from the fire department’s report, said her friend Giancarlo decided to use a lighter to remove the blood-sucking parasite.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • Step 2: Remove Cleaning Residue To gently remove residue, use a microfiber cloth, Swedish dishcloth, or soft sponge.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2025
  • Don't clean marble with brushes, scouring pads, or scrubber sponges.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Orwell’s warnings apply across the board, not just when obvious despots and lackeys let their fascist flags fly.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
  • Shawn reluctantly agrees, but is humiliated when Cory starts acting corny around his friend Gambling Dan (Phil Buckman), and his lackey, Louie (Weiss).
    EW.com, EW.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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