golden retriever
noun
: any of a breed of medium-sized retrievers having a flat moderately long golden coat
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Dramatic photos and video show firefighters crawling across dangerously thin ice to rescue a golden retriever that fell through a frozen pond during a morning walk.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
These golden retrievers are here to save your sanity, one belly rub at a time.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
The carcasses would cover the ground as a tempting snack for my two golden retrievers.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2025
The first time Furry Friends visited the Santa Clara County jail, in 2023, the group’s vice-president Anne Tiry and two volunteers had Tiry’s golden retriever Hero, along with Hennessey, a diminutive Pomeranian mix, and Bailee, a white Great Dane the size of a small horse.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
These golden retrievers are here to save your sanity, one belly rub at a time.
—Ronnie Li, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
The carcasses would cover the ground as a tempting snack for my two golden retrievers.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2025
The first time Furry Friends visited the Santa Clara County jail, in 2023, the group’s vice-president Anne Tiry and two volunteers had Tiry’s golden retriever Hero, along with Hennessey, a diminutive Pomeranian mix, and Bailee, a white Great Dane the size of a small horse.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
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“Golden retriever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20retriever. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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