running dog

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for running dog
Noun
  • Ship was supposed to deploy a set of dummy Starlink satellites on Flight 7.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2025
  • During the flight, SpaceX plans to test Starship’s ability to deploy payloads by simulating the deployment of Starlink satellites with what amount essentially to four dummy satellites.
    Eric Mack, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • First-time head coach Campo was a good company man, and solid defensive coordinator.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Jan. 2025
  • In 2014, Microsoft surprised people by promoting the ultimate company man, Satya Nadella, to CEO.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Sadly, perhaps much of what the Oscar winner is doing here will be lost in the blowback the unsweetened Trump critic will undoubtedly be subjected to from the MAGA minions and their kingpin in the days to come.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Welles later said a Hearst minion had tried, unsuccessfully, to frame Welles by sending a 14-year-old girl to his hotel room.
    John Semley, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • But little is known about what that girl and her family would have grown to eat in the slave quarters.
    Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The metropolis was populated by the aquatic descendants of pregnant African women who had been forced onto slave ships.
    Annalise Frank, Axios, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Angel Doll, the henchman assigned to drive Reacher to the lot, is a talker.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • That means Musk's henchmen are in a position to dig through a trove of data about every taxpayer in America.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • DeMille, a social media specialist with a background in marketing, has highlighted influencers using the Los Angeles wildfires to peddle detoxes, fear mongering about parasites, and making claims about supplements that sound different than the disclaimers on the product's websites.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
  • There are a variety of organisms that can cause pneumonia, including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Björk’s infamous 2001 Oscars swan dress takes flight as a delicate pavlova with passion fruit ganache, while Jennifer Lopez’s game-changing green Versace number appears as a tropical coconut mousse with pineapple-lime chutney on pistachio sponge.
    Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Scrub with a sponge or dishcloth, using a Mr. Clean Eraser for tough spots.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • One of Knuckles’ many lackeys ultimately finds Rose by … going to her apartment building, where her name is prominently displayed on her mailbox?
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Federal employees shouldn't be misled by slick talk from unelected billionaires and their lackeys.
    Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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