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Recent Examples of police dog
Sacramento County has agreed to pay $755,000 to a man who was attacked by a Sheriff’s Office police dog while riding his bike, court documents show.
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Following reconstruction, Jim Crow laws went into effect, sparking a movement in which peaceful Black protesters were brutally beaten by law enforcement, attacked by police dogs, assaulted with high-pressure fire hoses, and even lynched.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
He was arrested on charges of burglary, obstruction, assault and battery on a police officer, cruelty and interfering with a police dog, and malicious injury to property, police said.
—Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2025
For example, just as soldiers may develop post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing a life-threatening situation, working military and police dogs can develop a similar condition.
—Rachel Blaser, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
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Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Following reconstruction, Jim Crow laws went into effect, sparking a movement in which peaceful Black protesters were brutally beaten by law enforcement, attacked by police dogs, assaulted with high-pressure fire hoses, and even lynched.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
He was arrested on charges of burglary, obstruction, assault and battery on a police officer, cruelty and interfering with a police dog, and malicious injury to property, police said.
—Paloma Chavez, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2025
For example, just as soldiers may develop post-traumatic stress disorder after experiencing a life-threatening situation, working military and police dogs can develop a similar condition.
—Rachel Blaser, The Conversation, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police dog
Noun
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Despite being bred to be a guide dog, it wasn't meant to be for Joey the 7-year-old Labrador.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Furthermore, an experimental program is also training miniature horses to guide the visually impaired in the same way that guide dogs do.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is how many working dogs think in and out of their respected fields.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, both breeds are notorious working dogs that are filled with energy.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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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Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico named the six wolf dogs after characters created by fantasy author Sarah J. Maas Six wolfdogs are spending their holiday season enjoying a winter wonderland after being kept as pets.—
Kelli Bender,
Peoplemag,
15 Dec. 2023
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The kennel team is now down one person after Flaherty was fired last week, which could impact how tourists interact with the sled dogs.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Visit with sled dogs Denali National Park is home to the National Park Service's only working kennel of sled dogs.—
Lisa Maloney,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Apr. 2023
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Liberatore’s puppy dog attention as loyalite Dean compels, yearning to hold Jade’s kiss and not just her camera.—
David John Chávez,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
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Lochlan is mostly just a puppy dog, not really joining in but not really bothered by his family’s excesses, either.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Police dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20dog. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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