running dog

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Noun
  • Infrastructure Investments in Connectivity and Edge Computing: High-performance computing, fiber-optic expansion, satellite internet, and edge computing infrastructure are drawing significant capital.
    Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Those applications include satellite technology, masers, microwave photon detection, hunting for axions (a dark matter candidate), and various quantum systems, and driving spin in superconducting qubits for quantum computing, among others.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In 2014, Microsoft surprised people by promoting the ultimate company man, Satya Nadella, to CEO.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a lot of synergy, and Michaels is a company man.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The Inflation Reduction Act set the United States on a new green industrial trajectory that even Trump and his minions will have trouble reversing.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • That should give Trump and his minions enough time to solve all the problems of his voters who are struggling.
    Letters to the editor, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • For instance, Sewell-Smith said, finding a distant cousin in Jamaica ‒ which is not uncommon among African Americans because of the slave trade ‒ could be helpful for tracing roots, because Caribbean countries kept national slave lists, while American records were spottier.
    Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Read More: 11 Holidays the World Celebrates in December Evidence suggests that the earliest Junkanoo celebrations, recorded in the Bahamas in the 1820s, were tolerated even though colonial officials feared slave celebrations could lead to a revolt.
    Sasha C. Wells / Made by History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • There’s this brawl out scene with the henchmen of Ivan’s Russian billionaire parents.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • When Sam and Alex fail to arrive in Vegas on schedule, an enraged Charles and his hulking henchmen are forced to intervene.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Malaria is caused by parasites transmitted to humans via infected mosquitos.
    Dave Wessner, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Eating prey can be dangerous for cats, especially mice, which can carry disease, parasites and even poison.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Avoid using sponges or towels, as shards can cling to them, creating a safety hazard.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Participants dress in masks and costumes, often made from crepe paper and cardboard, meant to hark back to the original costumes once made from sponges and newspapers—items readily available to them that society also often discarded.
    Sasha C. Wells / Made by History, TIME, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The current cast is rounded out by Alison Brie, who will play another Skeletor lackey, Evil-Lyn, Idris Elba, who will play the noble Man-at-Arms, and Riverdale's Camila Mendes as Teela, Man-at-Arms's daughter and He-Man's right-hand woman.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Among the most glaring examples is Ninth Division Commander Gen. Roh Tae-gun (Park Jae-hoon, excellent), a weak-willed lackey seduced by power and greed who’s based on Roh Tae-woo, Chun’s successor as president in 1988.
    Richard Kuipers, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Running dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/running%20dog. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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