as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface
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Recent Examples of dogface
Fewer know the beer-spewing moment a TV camera lingers upon a friend, or relative, on inglorious display, with feathers, horns, dogface, or fur; clad as pirate, or leprechaun, feisty in top-hat and tails.
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Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami.
—Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021
But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021
He isn’t known as a dogface solider boy or mudslinger in South Miami.
—Alex Butler, miamiherald, 28 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dogface
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In the years after the Civil War, white politicians in Southern states created multiple holidays to honor Confederate leaders and dead Confederate soldiers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2025
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In total, militants killed 64 people and 22 soldiers, and kidnapped 19 people from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Ewoks There may be some nostalgia for this two-season ABC series about the cute but fierce warriors from the forest moon of Endor, but Ewoks never manages to shake off its cheap 1980s Saturday morning cartoon look and format.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2025
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While keyboard warriors were quick to question Markle's motives, experts told Fox News Digital that the delay may prove to help improve Markle's public reputation.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
14 Jan. 2025
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These early dinosaurs were also initially vastly outnumbered by their reptile cousins–a group of enormous crocodile ancestors called the pseudosuchians and pterosaurs who grew to the size of fighter jets.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Jan. 2025
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Simultaneously, Israeli airstrikes destroyed multiple military installations, including fighter jets and weapon caches across Syria.—
Hadeel Al-Shalchi,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Dogface.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dogface. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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