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Recent Examples of gundog
Terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry, on average, the museum said.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 Nov. 2025
Written for active sportsmen who love to read, each issue is a big, thick volume packed with stories on all the things sportsmen love: guns, knives, adventures, art, gundogs, collectibles, along with biographies of legendary writers, craftsmen, artists and more.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Willie Forde, the manager of Adare Country Pursuits, showed off an award-worthy gundog demonstration with his adorable Irish labradors, Midnight and Shadow.
—Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
In fact, his veterinary practice focuses on gundog breeds.
—Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
Handlers fluent in those five behaviors can produce a world-class gundog on their own.
—Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2020
Cost: $3,500 Duckhill Kennels A top breeder of British Labrador retrievers, Robert Milner has more than 30 years experience specializing in cooperative, gentle, duck hunting gundogs.
—Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country, 19 Oct. 2016
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 Nov. 2025
Written for active sportsmen who love to read, each issue is a big, thick volume packed with stories on all the things sportsmen love: guns, knives, adventures, art, gundogs, collectibles, along with biographies of legendary writers, craftsmen, artists and more.
—Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Willie Forde, the manager of Adare Country Pursuits, showed off an award-worthy gundog demonstration with his adorable Irish labradors, Midnight and Shadow.
—Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
In fact, his veterinary practice focuses on gundog breeds.
—Brian Lynn, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2020
Handlers fluent in those five behaviors can produce a world-class gundog on their own.
—Tom Keer, Outdoor Life, 11 May 2020
Cost: $3,500 Duckhill Kennels A top breeder of British Labrador retrievers, Robert Milner has more than 30 years experience specializing in cooperative, gentle, duck hunting gundogs.
—Nadine Jolie Courtney, Town & Country, 19 Oct. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gundog
Noun
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Of course, every good hunter has his faithful hunting dogs, and Orion’s best friends were his big dog, Canis Major, and his little dog, Canis Minor, which are Latin for big and little dog respectively.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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Kock maintains the presence of these smart hunters has chased the once dominant great whites further along the coast and insists that overall, the population of great whites in South African waters is stable.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Meanwhile, all eight dogs — which included a labradoodle, mini dachshund, mountain dog, Aussie mix, sheepdog, lab mix and two huskies — were all found safe.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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The golden retriever and Labrador retrievers, popular pets who have never won Best in Show, were fan favorites, as were a Sussex spaniel named Goober and one of the Best in Show competitors, an Old English sheepdog named Graham.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2023
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In the book on which the show is based, Winn-Dixie is an Irish wolfhound, so Berloni duly adopted and trained two wolfhounds.—
Christopher Arnott,
courant.com,
3 July 2019
Noun
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Veterinary specialists immediately got to work after the 2-month-old puppy was brought to the animal center on March 9, when it was found somewhere in Sierra Madre, according to a social media post.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The overarching narrative is that New York is now doggier than ever, a product of the pandemic puppy boom, or gentrification, or declining (human) birth rates, or the suburbanization of the city.—
Rachel Sugar,
Curbed,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In fact, road-tripping with your pup strengthens your bond and socializes them in ways that staying home doesn’t.—
Christina Shepherd McGuire,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Those seals breed on shore, and 2023 and 2024 saw a 90% pup mortality, according to Kovacs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Jango, a six-and-a-half-year-old mix of bluetick coonhound, treeing walker coonhound, cattle dog, and Shetland sheepdog, was adopted from a shelter in southern Indiana just before the pandemic hit.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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But the veterinarian suggested that Ms. Booth drive Lily, a redbone coonhound, to the office and take the virtual appointment in the parking lot.—
Emily Anthes,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Corruption watchdog Transparency International has ranked Hungary the most corrupt country in the EU.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Not like oil Cristina Burelli, founder of the environmental watchdog SOS Orinoco, said the policy shift risks creating a dangerous mismatch between legal authorization and realities on the ground, where mining operations are largely controlled by armed actors.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Gundog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gundog. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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