sled dog

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Recent Examples of sled dog Thank goodness for Sarah Hamilton, a longtime sled dog booster who happens to run Trail Center Lodge along the Gunflint Trail in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Quince Mountain, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2025 The 53rd annual Iditarod race kicks off on March 1. 1:16 Ashley Keith used to always dream about joining the world of professional sled dog racing. Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025 The only locksmith at Yosemite National Park in California, the sole EMT ranger at neighboring Devils Postpile National Monument, an experienced sled dog musher in Alaska’s Denali National Park. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 21 Feb. 2025 Seppala was also responsible for popularizing the Siberian husky as a sled dog. David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sled dog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sled dog
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • In a league full of flashy stat hunters, Rollins brings his lunch pail and just goes to work.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • After getting a chocolate Labrador retriever, a young woman was expecting to have a good hunter in the house.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities attempted to find Enriques using police dogs, drones and specialized units, and a CodeRed emergency notification was issued to residents in the surrounding area.
    Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Search efforts involved 15-20 police dogs, drones, boats and additional rescue teams who covered the surrounding area on foot, Breault says.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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

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