police dog

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Recent Examples of police dog The Burlington Police Department does not currently have a police dog program. Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Prosecutors have charged a man with three felonies, after he was accused of stabbing a Shawnee police dog over the weekend. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025 He had been reincarcerated in 2023 to complete a four-year sentence for offenses including assaulting a police officer, attempting to strangle a police dog, burglary, and more. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025 The team also suggests future research includes dogs with different life experiences, including free-ranging dogs, service dogs, and police dogs. Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for police dog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for police dog
Noun
  • Pet owner Maia went to a restaurant with her guide dog, Laurie, and a friend.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 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
Noun
  • Great Pyrenees and Rottweilers are both working dog breeds, bred for guarding and assisting tasks.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • These puppies, believed to be a collie-working dog crossbreed, were left in the park, posing a threat to the local wildlife.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • 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
  • Thirty years ago, there were 30,000 sled dogs in Greenland.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Murphy barely generates a chuckle as a weary veteran intent on getting home for his anniversary (Eva Longoria, wasted as his wife) while Davidson’s horny puppy dog shtick wears thin after minute 10.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His puppy dog demeanor was back, replacing the hangdog expression earlier.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

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