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Recent Examples of police dog
Christopher Gibson accused officers of shocking him with a stun gun, threatening him with a police dog and assaulting him in the city lockup.
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The Burlington Police Department does not currently have a police dog program.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors have charged a man with three felonies, after he was accused of stabbing a Shawnee police dog over the weekend.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
He had been reincarcerated in 2023 to complete a four-year sentence for offenses including assaulting a police officer, attempting to strangle a police dog, burglary, and more.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 13 Aug. 2025
The Burlington Police Department does not currently have a police dog program.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Prosecutors have charged a man with three felonies, after he was accused of stabbing a Shawnee police dog over the weekend.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
He had been reincarcerated in 2023 to complete a four-year sentence for offenses including assaulting a police officer, attempting to strangle a police dog, burglary, and more.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for police dog
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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
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Pet owner Maia went to a restaurant with her guide dog, Laurie, and a friend.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Watch this video for the do’s and don’ts of interacting with a working dog.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Great Pyrenees and Rottweilers are both working dog breeds, bred for guarding and assisting tasks.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 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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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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Counteracting that are the touching scenes where the trio bond with and care for sled dogs (rambunctious Billy is my favorite) at the school.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Murphy barely generates a chuckle as a weary veteran intent on getting home for his anniversary (Eva Longoria, wasted as his wife) while Davidson’s horny puppy dog shtick wears thin after minute 10.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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His puppy dog demeanor was back, replacing the hangdog expression earlier.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Police dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/police%20dog. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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