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[hound] / haʊnd /




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He once described himself as “a basset hound with a 25-watt personality.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Among typical dog breeds, the great Anglo-French tricolor hound had the strongest signal at 4.7 to 5.7 percent, followed by the Shiloh shepherd at 2.7 percent.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

Fans going to hound out Peter Lawwell again?

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

I took my beagle Philly to Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach and watched him race around like the happiest hound in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Mom knew Jesse was Mr. Jackson’s old hound dog.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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