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After the dog days of summer, the holiday offers a three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
Sign Up For most, The Basketball Tournament is an annual summer sideshow, a bunch of college alumni teams competing for a $1 million prize while creating television inventory in the dog days of the sports calendar.
—Kyle Tucker, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Her research revealed that the dog days are 40 days around the rise of the star constellation, Sirius (known as the dog star).
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
They are often intentionally scheduled in the dog days of summer when voters aren’t paying attention or are on vacation.
—Andrew Tisch, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
Sign Up For most, The Basketball Tournament is an annual summer sideshow, a bunch of college alumni teams competing for a $1 million prize while creating television inventory in the dog days of the sports calendar.
—Kyle Tucker, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Her research revealed that the dog days are 40 days around the rise of the star constellation, Sirius (known as the dog star).
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
They are often intentionally scheduled in the dog days of summer when voters aren’t paying attention or are on vacation.
—Andrew Tisch, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Dog days.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dog%20days. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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