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guide dog

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Recent Examples of guide dog That question has been top of mind for a research team at Georgia Tech, which is working to develop an optimal robotic guide dog platform, one that provides both reliability and safety for users, while also fitting into the physical world without drawing unwanted attention. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025 Play a blind sport, like beep baseball or blind soccer, watch a guide dog demo, listen to live music and more. John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 24 Apr. 2025 Another pivotal choice was choosing to partner with a guide dog, a German shepherd named Nick, in 2020. Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 Despite being bred to be a guide dog, it wasn't meant to be for Joey the 7-year-old Labrador. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guide dog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guide dog
Noun
  • The Milwaukee Police Department announced the death of a beloved retired police dog, Rocky.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • After a multi-agency search, a police dog handler found her naked body concealed under palm fronds at a sports ground just beyond a wire fence near the caravan park — six days after she was last seen, the newspaper reported.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • As a working dog, he was thrilled to be put to use.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Ever since then, the park has maintained working dog teams, although their job has since evolved.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her favorite pieces she’s written for Outside are about competing on the Discovery show Naked and Afraid, being a woman alone in the woods, learning to write, and mischievous sled dog Blowhole.
    Blair Braverman, Outside, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Counteracting that are the touching scenes where the trio bond with and care for sled dogs (rambunctious Billy is my favorite) at the school.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Possessing second-generation wolf dogs, defined in California as the offspring of a domestic dog and a half-wolf, half-dog hybrid — with no more than 25% wolf — is legal.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025

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“Guide dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guide%20dog. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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