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Recent Examples of police dog
He was contacted a short distance away, on Orange Avenue, where officers tried to de-escalate the situation, including deploying beanbags and a police dog, Easter said.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Two Sterling Heights police officers will stand trial on charges after a police dog was ordered to bite a suspect on the ground during a February 2024 incident in Roseville.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Also featured was a foldable police dog kennel that can be quickly unfolded into a sturdy structure within minutes, supporting up to 200 kilograms and facilitating rapid deployment of mobile command units.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement agents carrying machine guns and an officer with a police dog were among the few walking around.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Two Sterling Heights police officers will stand trial on charges after a police dog was ordered to bite a suspect on the ground during a February 2024 incident in Roseville.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Also featured was a foldable police dog kennel that can be quickly unfolded into a sturdy structure within minutes, supporting up to 200 kilograms and facilitating rapid deployment of mobile command units.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Law enforcement agents carrying machine guns and an officer with a police dog were among the few walking around.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police dog
Noun
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Originally bred as a guide dog in the 1960s, the standard goldendoodle—a crossbreed of a golden retriever and poodle—weighs an average of 50 to 90 pounds.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Stevens Chan, the subject of the film and a disability rights campaigner alongside his late guide dog LaShawn, struggled to remember Robinson when contacted by Deadline.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As a working dog, he was thrilled to be put to use.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Ever since then, the park has maintained working dog teams, although their job has since evolved.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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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
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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
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But the other people who live nearby may not be so easily swayed by those adorable puppy dog eyes or precious purrs and might get very irritated.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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The sorrowful puppy dog eyes were all because the owner’s tuxedo cat was curled up among the blankets in Rocky’s crate (despite having a bed of his own).—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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