golden retriever
noun
: any of a breed of medium-sized retrievers having a flat moderately long golden coat
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One Instagram reel on Hallquist's account showed the mayoral candidate canvassing door-to-door with his golden retriever.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The situation was shared in a viral Reddit post on Sunday by user u/Careless-Dirt4271, who uploaded photos showing the golden retriever before and after the shave.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The Video Was Real — The Backstory Wasn’t In mid-March, a video surfaced from Jilin province, China, showing a golden retriever, a corgi, a German shepherd and several other dogs moving together along a roadside.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Only San Francisco bucked the trend, with pet owners in the Bay Area crowning the golden retriever as the most popular pedigreed dog breed.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
The situation was shared in a viral Reddit post on Sunday by user u/Careless-Dirt4271, who uploaded photos showing the golden retriever before and after the shave.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
The Video Was Real — The Backstory Wasn’t In mid-March, a video surfaced from Jilin province, China, showing a golden retriever, a corgi, a German shepherd and several other dogs moving together along a roadside.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Only San Francisco bucked the trend, with pet owners in the Bay Area crowning the golden retriever as the most popular pedigreed dog breed.
—Sacbee.com, 25 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for golden retriever
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“Golden retriever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20retriever. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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