golden retriever
noun
: any of a breed of medium-sized retrievers having a flat moderately long golden coat
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Saying goodbye is never easy, and this golden retriever made sure his feelings were heard loud and clear.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Becky Adams, who posts to TikTok under the username @coppercoffeeandme, lives in the suburbs and owns a sweet golden retriever called Copper.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
More recently, on June 14, 2025, Melissa Hortman, speaker emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives, was shot and killed at her home, along with her husband and their golden retriever.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Our family has a golden retriever named Oskar, who is 13 years old.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
Becky Adams, who posts to TikTok under the username @coppercoffeeandme, lives in the suburbs and owns a sweet golden retriever called Copper.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
More recently, on June 14, 2025, Melissa Hortman, speaker emerita of the Minnesota House of Representatives, was shot and killed at her home, along with her husband and their golden retriever.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
Our family has a golden retriever named Oskar, who is 13 years old.
—Joan Morris, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Golden retriever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20retriever. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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