Recent Examples on the WebIn several cases, the cloned dog’s appeal appeared to lie partly in physical problems or a difficult start in life: the dog found as a mangy stray or rescued from a kill shelter or a bad breeder; the needy dog or the purebred with a non-ideal characteristic.—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 In front of us was a derelict baseball diamond and mangy grass fields.—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 This is 007 territory, not the usual world of mangy MI5 rejects that the show has so adeptly built up.—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2023 The stench of cow dung engulfs the gulleys, where thousands of flies swarm outside doors and mangy cats roam the alleyways.—Rhea Mogul, CNN, 5 Sep. 2023 Perhaps Villa Capistrano could reveal something about Lawrence. Advertisement The brick stairs knifed past a garden, where lizards darted among eroded stone sculptures and palm trees wore their dead fronds like mangy beards.—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023 Their caged homes don’t seem oppressive; a mangy stray dog named Bob (Danny DeVito) keeps Ivan company.—Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2020 Their caged homes don't seem oppressive; a mangy stray dog named Bob (Danny DeVito) keeps Ivan company.—Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020 Without moderators or advertisers, swaths of Twitter are now mangy empty lots crawling with vandals, lechers, con men, and swastikas.—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
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