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dead dog

American  
[ded dahg] / ˈdɛd ˈdɑg /

noun

  1. a matter that is no longer worth pursuing.


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County Animal Control also responded and took custody of the dead dog.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

One volunteer carried a dead dog away in a wheelbarrow.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

"Sometimes when it rains, a dead dog can be washed into the spring. We have to just take it out as we need the water, even if it is contaminated."

From BBC Aug. 21, 2024

Milei, who owns four clones of his dead dog Conan, has never been the most conventional occupant of Argentina’s highest office.

From Seattle Times Jun. 2, 2024

But the satellite stayed in orbit for more than five months after that—a lonely and most certainly dead dog circling and circling overhead while the earth traveled about 240 million miles through space.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

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