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•Wondering why Neil Diamond would do a network special in the ratings dog-days of summer, which is when CBS is airing Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (tonight, 8 ET/PT)?
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He carried his own low temperature always about with him; he iced his office in the dog-days; and didn't thaw it one degree at Christmas.
Lev Raphael: Does A Christmas Carol Really Need to be Rescued? Lev Raphael 2011
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All the waterfront property in Funkytown was taken, & we knew the dog-days of groove were slumped & shaking in the corner, drowning in pools of mohair and leather; it was time.
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Yes, the rampant mania we're all witnessing under the cover of August "dog-days" does appear to me to be a misanthropic Hobbesian Leviathan on steroids and the farthest side of sanity.
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Midsummer moon still, and the dog-days last all the year long, they are all mad.
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Jeff was making the usual dog-days of late summer libertarian argument, pretty unremarkable stuff...
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Black-birds fatten best in hard weather; why not I in these dog-days?
The Duchess of Malfi 2007
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About the time of the dog-days, and before it, the administration of purgatives is unsuitable.
Aphorisms 2007
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The spring again southerly, calm, much rain until the dog-days.
Of The Epidemics 2007
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See how Shiverton orders a fire in the dog-days, and
Mens Wives 2006
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