guide dog

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Recent Examples of guide dog The outing also gave volunteer puppy raisers the opportunity to spend time with Guide Dogs for the Blind clients and their working guide dogs. More than 16,000 guide teams have graduated from Guide Dogs for the Blind since it was founded in 1942. Kristin J. Bender, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024 Post-9/11 photo shows Bush and deputy defense secretary, not Osama bin Laden The claim: A guide dog rescued 967 people from the twin towers on Sept. 11 Our rating: False Nothing like this happened. Kim Breen, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024 Blind survivor of 9/11 shares how his guide dog worked with him as a team to escape Michael Hingson, a blind man, and his guide dog, Roselle, together escaped 78 floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2024 Shanghai Jiao Tong University View 2 Images The ratio of guide dogs to blind people in China is roughly one service pooch for every 40,000 people. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for guide dog 
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Noun
  • In Fort Tryon Park, gun-detecting police dogs were involved in a search for a weapon, and subway stops near the George Washington Bridge were also searched for the weapon and other evidence, the official said.
    Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Internet users have been left in stitches by the chaotic new life of a former police dog who is relishing his retirement by causing nonstop mischief.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Extra food was consumed by the staff and leftovers devoured by the sled dogs of Tinit, a nearby village of 80.
    Jordan Riefe, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Iditarod, the world’s most famous sled dog race, begins with a ceremonial start in Anchorage the first Saturday in March.
    Mark Thiessen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • But the Saarloos wolf dog’s German-shephard-like face usually sets it apart.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2023

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