POGO
noun
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory.
POGO
American
[poh-goh]
/ ˈpoʊ goʊ /
noun
pogo
British
/ ˈpəʊɡəʊ /
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pogo
C20: from pogo stick ; from the motion
Example Sentences
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But according to POGO, the man now in charge of the federal government's H.R. department did not specifically deny a slew of other comments that were published.
From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2025
For people with limited income, internet access, or time, deciding between human verification and a face scan may be a forced decision, said Jake Laperruque of POGO.
From The Verge ● Feb. 11, 2022
A CBP spokesperson emailed a statement to POGO:
From Slate ● Nov. 21, 2018
"I don't think I'm anybody's puppet," Aguilar is quoted telling POGO.
From Reuters ● Feb. 11, 2013
The best way to change VA’s retaliatory culture is for the department head “to embrace the whistleblowers,” figuratively and perhaps literally, said Danielle Brian, executive director of POGO, the nonprofit Project on Government Oversight.
From Washington Post
Today you could send me out onto the course with a bag containing a pogo stick, a copperhead and a mackerel, and I wouldn’t notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Alas, the film’s outlook continued to plummet and soar and plummet again like a jet-propelled pogo stick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
Since then, the stock has been “bouncing near the bottom like a pogo stick in an infinity pool,” as Mizuho healthcare equity strategist Jared Holz put it in an email to investors early Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
The rest of the so-called “Forgotten Five” included the pogo stick, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers and Transformers.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
The ground was packed so hard, the tip of my shovel bounced off it like a pogo stick.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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