: any of a breed of large powerful hounds of European origin remarkable for acuteness of smell
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: a person keen in pursuit
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Recent Examples on the WebThirty-three other breeds have won Best in Show, including several poodle breeds, several English springer spaniels and a bloodhound for the first time in 2022 competition.—Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 15 May 2024 Once the images are installed in our subconscious, our brain works like a bloodhound to seek opportunities to bring them about in reality, putting the full force of our conscious and subconscious minds behind the search.—Dr. James R. Doty, TIME, 7 May 2024 The regulatory bloodhounds will have to run very fast to keep up with the entrepreneurial greyhounds.—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 Videos show other puppies in training, including a bloodhound named Coffee and an explosives detection dog named Dumpling.—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024 However, Cleveland officials did their homework, and when the vetting was complete, the choice was Vogt, who, despite never having managed at the big-league level, drew rave reviews from multiple sources contacted by Guardians bloodhounds.—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Depending on the breed, dogs like beagles and bloodhounds can have as many as 300 million sensory receptor sites.—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023 Size and head shape may help explain why certain breeds had a higher risk of an early death (French bulldogs, bloodhounds, Saint Bernards), whereas others had a much lower one (Lancashire heelers, Shiba Inus, border terriers).—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2024 Past winners include champs of all shapes and sizes Last year, Trumpet the bleary-eyed bloodhound ran away with best in show, the first bloodhound to earn the title.—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 8 May 2023
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