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Recent Examples of sled dog
The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod sled dog race, which takes place annually in Alaska.
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
The company has 80 sled dogs, including Alaskan Huskies and a mix that combines German Shorthair Pointers for better adaptability in warmer conditions.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Balto, the sled dog who helped deliver life-saving medicine across Alaska, lived for eight more years after this scare.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Even for seasoned mushers, many of whom were raised with sled dogs as part of a subsistence lifestyle, each race comes with a landscape of uncertainty.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
The company has 80 sled dogs, including Alaskan Huskies and a mix that combines German Shorthair Pointers for better adaptability in warmer conditions.
—Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Balto, the sled dog who helped deliver life-saving medicine across Alaska, lived for eight more years after this scare.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Even for seasoned mushers, many of whom were raised with sled dogs as part of a subsistence lifestyle, each race comes with a landscape of uncertainty.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sled dog
Noun
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Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog— Eyes.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Let the python hunters go in there and do their thing.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sportsmen’s groups generally connect recreational shooters and hunters, and at the congressional level the caucus is bipartisan.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two Yuba County sheriff’s deputies fired their weapons at a kidnapping suspect Thursday afternoon during a vehicle pursuit, but the man was not hit and continued to flee until he was bitten by a police dog and taken into custody.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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Video released on Thursday, April 30, appears to show a police dog sniffing White House Correspondents' dinner accused shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, moments before shots were fired on Saturday, April 25.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
Noun
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More than 100 puppies and 150 volunteers descended on Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport on April 19 for an annual guide dog training program.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Barlak, a Seeing Eye spokesperson, pointed to a growing concern in the guide dog community.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Sled dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sled%20dog. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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