sheepdog

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Recent Examples of sheepdog Her mini Old English sheepdog and Wheaten terrier mix lived to be 17 years. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025 Hold a koala, hand-feed kangaroos, or catch the sheepdog and free-flight raptor shows. Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025 The show — which also featured a massive sheepdog named Ladadig — wasn’t a big hit, not making the year-end Top 30 in the three-network universe, but was popular in reruns in the 1970s. Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Sep. 2025 The family lived in a home that resembled a castle, and their giant sheepdog, Ladadog, created lots of mayhem. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheepdog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheepdog
Noun
  • The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
  • In the book on which the show is based, Winn-Dixie is an Irish wolfhound, so Berloni duly adopted and trained two wolfhounds.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 July 2019
Noun
  • Indigenous hunters, for example, used one type of dart frog poison on the tips of their arrows.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Even during the regular waterfowl seasons, hunters have doubtless seen a lone snow goose or white-fronted goose alone in a field.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Albers said that if a dog wanders too close to a coyote den during puppy season and a territorial adult coyote is at home, the encounter may not end well for the house pet.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The acting mandate was evidently to go puppy.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Your Dog’s Crate Make a home for your pup outside of your cooking space, urges Aston Moody of Aston Moody Interiors in Columbia, South Carolina.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • One firefighter jumps in to lift Rufus from the water, while the other pulls the pup onto the ice.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry, on average, the museum said.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Written for active sportsmen who love to read, each issue is a big, thick volume packed with stories on all the things sportsmen love: guns, knives, adventures, art, gundogs, collectibles, along with biographies of legendary writers, craftsmen, artists and more.
    Chris Dorsey, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Former Rhode Islander stepped up to adopt wolf dog That's when former Rhode Island resident Ron Monroe stepped in.
    Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod sled dog race, which takes place annually in Alaska.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • While Danish special forces do operate the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol — a special force which patrols remote, icy areas using sled dogs — that is just one part of its military presence.
    Laura Doan, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
  • But the veterinarian suggested that Ms. Booth drive Lily, a redbone coonhound, to the office and take the virtual appointment in the parking lot.
    Emily Anthes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023

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“Sheepdog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepdog. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.

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