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Recent Examples of sheepdog
Her mini Old English sheepdog and Wheaten terrier mix lived to be 17 years.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheepdog
Noun
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The wolfhound, whose name was Aggie, had tremendous grace and several contusions.—
Rivka Galchen,
The New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2023
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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.—
Christopher Arnott,
courant.com,
3 July 2019
Noun
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While advantageous to hunters who want to be hidden from their targets, such an outfit presents obvious difficulties for searchers trying to find someone who could be incapacitated.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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In April, Zillow released a list of metro areas where first-time house hunters may have a better shot at making a purchase.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her pictures, which start innocently enough from the puppy-dog idea, get increasingly demeaning.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
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Woof Wellness hosts Instagrammable puppy yoga; $65 gets you a 45-minute class and time to play with rescue pets.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Give your pup a little extra protection on trips with this 18-count of disposable diapers.—
Jessie Quinn,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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The pup wandered alone outside the facility for about an hour before slipping under a fence.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Terriers, gundogs, and scent hounds have the least wolf ancestry, on average, the museum said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Nov. 2025
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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
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Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Silver moment of the Games: Everyone loved it when Nazgul, the 2-year-old Czech wolf dog, joined the women’s cross-country competition at the end and ran, without benefit of skis, across the finish line.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Jessie Holmes and his team of sled dogs successfully defended their Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race title this week, becoming the first musher to accomplish the feat in a decade.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2026
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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,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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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.—
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 25 Apr. 2026.
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