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What does "dogged" here mean? I have no idea

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I tried looking up dogged in a dictionary, and found several meanings, but none of them seemed to make sense in the context of this article:

Having the meaner qualities of a dog; malicious; mean; contemptible; surly.

Having the pertinacity of a dog; silently obstinate; unyielding.

Best Answer

The verb "dog" has two possible meanings:

  1. dog somebody/something

    (of a problem or bad luck) to cause you trouble for a long time

    Her career was dogged by misfortune.

  2. dog somebody/something

    to follow somebody closely

    She had the impression that someone was dogging her steps.

Since the subject of the sentence is "Disagreements over the timetable," we can safely assume that the first definition applies, since a disagreement is a kind of problem:

Disagreements over the timetable... caused long-term trouble for Mr Obama's relations with...

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