sled dog

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Recent Examples of sled dog The grueling sled dog race covers about 1,000 miles in the Alaska wilderness. Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026 The race is a qualifier for the Iditarod sled dog race, which takes place annually in Alaska. Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 12 Feb. 2026 Another study, which was conducted in part with Cornell University, followed a group of 22 senior Alaskan sled dogs over 12 months. Brian Higgins, Outside, 30 Jan. 2026 Even for seasoned mushers, many of whom were raised with sled dogs as part of a subsistence lifestyle, each race comes with a landscape of uncertainty. Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sled dog
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Noun
  • Most importantly: Ian finds and adopts Rollo, the greatest wolf dog who ever lived.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Cassie is trying to become social-media famous, suggestively flashing her all-American assets online in a variety of fetishy costumes (a puppy dog, a pacifier-sucking baby).
    Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Unlike the children, who look like waxy versions of my own, this is my husband, with the soft face and the plaid shirt and the puppy dog— Eyes.
    Glamour, Glamour, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The hurricane hunter planes are normally cargo planes that are temporarily outfitted with meteorological equipment, including a dropsonde station.
    Scott Withers, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • Job hunters can apply quickly, Bachaud said, and employers are expected to move quickly, too.
    Audrey Payne, CNBC, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The 23-year-old man was suicidal and held a butcher’s knife to his own throat before charging at officers and stabbing both Officer Mark Moore and a police dog at an Aurora apartment complex.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
  • On Monday, police officers were taking photos of the scene as a police dog sniffed the front yard of the home where Elijah Mayo died.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • Before Darcy could reply, Philip opened the door and walked in with his guide dog, Russ.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
  • More than 100 puppies and 150 volunteers descended on Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport on April 19 for an annual guide dog training program.
    Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

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“Sled dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sled%20dog. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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