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Recent Examples of sled dog
Enjoy a private adventure with your family, a guide, and a pack of happy sled dogs that will transport you back to the golden age of mushing.
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Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Balto, the sled dog who helped deliver life-saving medicine across Alaska, lived for eight more years after this scare.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Now, six years shy of the 100th anniversary of sled dog racing at the Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport, talk continues to swirl of the sport one day making a return to the Games.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
The detail here is stunning, down to the leather harnesses on the three sled dogs.
—Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
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Sara Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
Balto, the sled dog who helped deliver life-saving medicine across Alaska, lived for eight more years after this scare.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 Feb. 2026
Now, six years shy of the 100th anniversary of sled dog racing at the Winter Olympics as a demonstration sport, talk continues to swirl of the sport one day making a return to the Games.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
The detail here is stunning, down to the leather harnesses on the three sled dogs.
—Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sled dog
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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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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
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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
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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
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While on the ground, officers fired additional bean bag rounds at Evans, including one that allegedly broke his leg, and twice sent a police dog at him.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The event at the Dallas Police Association is believed to be the first retirement party for a police dog held there.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Karyn Cordner’s Raven, a five-year-old black German shepherd with a soft coat of fur, was being trained to become a guide dog by the Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation in Bloomfield when the Simsbury resident first met her.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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Researchers at Binghamton University have developed a robotic guide dog system that can talk to users, offering real-time navigation assistance and two-way communication.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Sled dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sled%20dog. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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