guide dog

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Recent Examples of guide dog 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 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 On multiple occasions, drivers have refused to give the Garland, Texas, resident rides on days reaching more than 110-degrees, forcing her to wait outside in the heat with her guide dog, according to the lawsuit. Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2025 That question has been top of mind for a research team at Georgia Tech, which is working to develop an optimal robotic guide dog platform, one that provides both reliability and safety for users, while also fitting into the physical world without drawing unwanted attention. Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for guide dog
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Noun
  • The passenger, identified as Tyloine Reddick, was taken into custody after a brief struggle during which a state police dog bit Reddick in the left leg, according to body camera footage.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Deputies quickly arrested the teen and the 25-year-old was spotted hiding in a nearby neighborhood and arrested with the help of a police dog.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This happens if a dog doesn’t make it through training to become a working dog or when the dog retires.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Great Pyrenees is a large, thickly-coated, and immensely powerful working dog originally bred to guard livestock on the snowy peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While Danish special forces do operate the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol — a special force which patrols remote, icy areas using sled dogs — that is just one part of its military presence.
    Laura Doan, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • One of the posts, published by the White House X account Wednesday, shows two groups of sled dogs with Danish flags, one path headed toward a U.S. flag and the other path headed toward the flags of Russia and China.
    Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Former Rhode Islander stepped up to adopt wolf dog That's when former Rhode Island resident Ron Monroe stepped in.
    Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 29 Jan. 2026
  • 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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“Guide dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guide%20dog. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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