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Recent Examples of top dogThere’s a new top dog in women’s college gymnastics.—Caroline Price, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Just wait until the top dogs get going again, which is all but inevitable.—Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Gets a small walk-on role and understudies the lead, and then the top dog loses his voice.—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 The leaders of both the United States and China need, for domestic political reasons, to appear to be the top dog.—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for top dog
Sentinel Standouts Nikolas Blake, Hagerty, Jr. Buzz: Class 3A third placer in 150-pound weight class.
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Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
The company acquired 102 federal mining claims in the Lisbon Valley of Utah in November 2021 and expanded its holdings to 743 placer claims over 14,320 acres by July 2023.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
25 Mar. 2025
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