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wolf dog

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as in bird dog

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Recent Examples of wolf dog That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 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 But the Saarloos wolf dog’s German-shephard-like face usually sets it apart. — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023 These pups may share traits with wolves, but wolf dog breeds are just as adorable, energetic, and smart as any other doggo on the block. — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 July 2022

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This is where the Alaska Railroad train station, sled dog kennels, and the majority of visitor centers are located.

— Tamara Gane, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 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

Definition of sled dog

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Kenny is super likable but kind of just follows Boyd around like a puppy dog.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
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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Historian Casey Pallister argues that the brief but intense era of the bone hunters, those who scoured the land for the bones, should be better known.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026
Now, over a year after the film’s premiere, the demand for merchandise is finally being fulfilled with the pending release of dolls of singers/demon hunters Rumi, Mira and Zoey from Mattel, role-playing toys from Hasbro and Funko Pops!

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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