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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
Willie Forde, the manager of Adare Country Pursuits, showed off an award-worthy gundog demonstration with his adorable Irish labradors, Midnight and Shadow.
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Vanessa Wilkins,
Travel + Leisure,
4 May 2023
Handlers fluent in those five behaviors can produce a world-class gundog on their own.
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Tom Keer,
Outdoor Life,
11 May 2020
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Nov. 2025
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
Handlers fluent in those five behaviors can produce a world-class gundog on their own.
—
Tom Keer,
Outdoor Life,
11 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gundog
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Another star at a similar distance from Earth is Bellatrix, which shines at the left shoulder of the celestial hunter depicted in the constellation Orion.
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If the requirement is a dedicated Cold War-style submarine hunter optimized for deep-ocean warfare, the Seawolf remains one of the finest attack submarines ever produced.
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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.
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Of the final contenders—Zaida the Afghan hound, Cookie the Maltese, JJ the Lhasa apso, Graham the Old English sheepdog, Cota the Chesapeake Bay retriever, Penny the Doberman pinscher, and Wager the smooth fox terrier—four-year-old Penny was crowned the year’s top dog.
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The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.
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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.
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The plane doubles as a playset and airship and features more than 15 pieces, including a puppy companion.
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The former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star also shared pictures of himself and his wife holding and doting over the new puppy.
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In the pictures, each pup has a leash of a different color attached to its collar.
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Walk down the boardwalk and stairs to the New River Gorge Bridge Overlook at Canyon Rim Visitor Center to snap a pic with your pup and ogle over the longest steel arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.
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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.
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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.
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Chavez-DeRemer had been under scrutiny ahead of her exit from the Department of Labor, with several news outlets reporting her conduct was under investigation by the department's internal watchdog.
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At the same time, electric costs for ComEd customers in June have jumped 12%, while prices for Ameren customers downstate rose by nearly 30%, according to the Citizens Utility Board, a utility consumer watchdog group.
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“Gundog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gundog. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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