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Recent Examples of working dog
Maple’s new role demonstrates how specialized detection skills can be adapted to protect critical pollinators, and how a working dog’s career can take a second life, for the benefit of both bees and beekeepers.
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
This is how many working dogs think in and out of their respected fields.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The course is taught only three times a year with ten military working dog teams.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
State of play: Visitors can explore the Coast Guard Museum Northwest and see exhibits from the Navy League of the United States, Puget Sound Navy Museum and the U.S. Marine Corps, including artillery displays, military working dog demonstrations, pugil stick simulators and Humvee displays.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
This is how many working dogs think in and out of their respected fields.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The course is taught only three times a year with ten military working dog teams.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
State of play: Visitors can explore the Coast Guard Museum Northwest and see exhibits from the Navy League of the United States, Puget Sound Navy Museum and the U.S. Marine Corps, including artillery displays, military working dog demonstrations, pugil stick simulators and Humvee displays.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 31 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for working dog
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Originally bred as a guide dog in the 1960s, the standard goldendoodle—a crossbreed of a golden retriever and poodle—weighs an average of 50 to 90 pounds.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Stevens Chan, the subject of the film and a disability rights campaigner alongside his late guide dog LaShawn, struggled to remember Robinson when contacted by Deadline.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
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The highest-paid was a state police dog handler who received $439,000 overall, including the highest amount of overtime at $303,000.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2026
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After locating handgun ammunition in the SUV, Burbank PD used a helicopter and police dog named Spike to locate Alas along a steep embankment along the freeway.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The scientists noted multiple patterns in their analysis, including higher wolf ancestry in larger dogs and in those who are bred as Arctic sled dogs, pariah breeds, and hunting dogs, per the American Museum of Natural History.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
26 Nov. 2025
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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,
6 Aug. 2025
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That means if a wolf dog ever bites someone, euthanasia and testing may be required.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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The Other Two’s Josh Segarra radiates an irresistible puppy dog energy as Mark, the local sheriff, while Potts is great fun as the salty aunt who sees right through Best’s rigid exterior.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Jan. 2026
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After the game, which the Guardians won, Clase sent text messages to one of the bettors with images of a man hanging himself with toilet paper and a sad puppy dog face, the indictment said.—
NPR,
NPR,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Working dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/working%20dog. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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