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Recent Examples of pup
Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Cap’n Turbot After Ryder, Cap’n Turbot is the person the pups interact with most.
—Alyssa Sybertz, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Coyote pupping season stretches from the time when coyotes give birth to when the pups become juveniles and leave their parents, said Niamh Quinn, human-wildlife interactions advisor for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Witnesses called police for help after seeing a coyote pup being abused and eventually killed by three people Saturday in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Cap’n Turbot After Ryder, Cap’n Turbot is the person the pups interact with most.
—Alyssa Sybertz, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
The pupping season stretches for a few months, from the spring when coyotes are born, through the summer, when juveniles leave their parents.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
Coyote pupping season stretches from the time when coyotes give birth to when the pups become juveniles and leave their parents, said Niamh Quinn, human-wildlife interactions advisor for the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pup
Noun
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Any bad habits or behavioral problems can be countered through puppy training sessions and socialization, which can promote good behavior.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Clicking on the small icon, I was greeted by the landing page for the television series Bluey, which follows the titular Blue Heeler puppy, who lives with her dad, mom and little sister Bingo.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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All kidding aside, the Wild have surpassed the expectations of many, including The Athletic staff.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Justin Sherman: The TikTok Discourse Is Nonsense Anyone who perceives that the Chinese government can't pick a tech company in its borders and coerce it to support state efforts is kidding themselves.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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At one point, an android with puppy dog eyes is introduced, only to vanish a couple of scenes later.—
Natalia Winkelman,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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If all else fails, Hope says, Jack needs to put on his sad puppy dog face.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Local authorities were able to coax the bobcat kitten out of the tree and bring it some comfort.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
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We're just kitten around.—
Lizz Schumer,
Good Housekeeping,
10 Mar. 2023
Verb
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Australia’s primary legacy on Bougainville is Panguna, a colossal, open-pit copper and gold mine that, while dormant, is still one of the largest on earth, and whose controversial operation kindled the Bougainvillean uprising.—
Sean Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Sep. 2024
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Tunisians have tried to protest Saied’s authoritarianism, kindling hope among observers that the country might return to its democratizing trajectory.—
Sarah E. Yerkes,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The alpha male was a foster, and his mate whelped — or gave birth — during the same week, making the pack an ideal candidate to receive pups.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
29 July 2024
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When a captive mother whelps, or gives birth on her own, managers match her pups with a wild den using GPS coordinates from radio collars placed on packs’ breeding alpha male and female.—
Hayleigh Evans,
The Arizona Republic,
3 May 2024
Verb
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In the world of Eraserhead, the first feature of David Lynch, everything is emphatically not fine: Strange industrial noises fill the soundtrack, all efforts at human connection go awry, and worst of all, our hero has fathered a disgusting inhuman creature the wriggles and oozes all over its crib.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Before his death, the wolf had fathered five pups in the Copper Creek pack.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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Their analysis — which involved examining genetic data and 25 years’ worth of photos — revealed that just 7% of male humpbacks showed evidence of having sired offspring.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2025
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Both evolve over time, allowing an ancestral tongue like Latin to sire diverse descendants — Spanish, French, Romanian — that are more closely related to each other than to, say, Korean.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Pup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pup. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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