You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for May 29.

Mount Everest Day

Today’s word is dog, spelled d-o-g.

dog /dɒɡ $ dɒːɡ/ ●○○ verb (dogged, dogging) [transitive]

if a problem or bad luck dogs you, it causes trouble for a long time

: to worry as if by pursuit with dogs : PLAGUE

He has been dogged by injury all season.

Persistent colds, coughs and a temperature have dogged her for the last year.

The scandal seems likely to dog him for months to come.

Perhaps that is why, early on, Barbara became known as a bully, a characteristic that would dog her all her life.

— Washington Post, "For three generations of Bush women, personal pain and a public spotlight," 19 Mar. 2021

Past quality problems also continue to dog the two Korean car manufacturers, denting earnings.

— Ben Foldy, WSJ, "Hyundai, Kia Pick Up Speed in 2020 With New SUVs," 30 Dec. 2020

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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