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dingo

[ding-goh] / ˈdɪŋ goʊ /




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Earlier investigations had found "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that it was "not likely" that pre-mortem dingo bites had caused "immediate death".

From BBC Mar. 5, 2026

"Pre-mortem dingo bite marks are not likely to have caused immediate death," said a spokesperson for the Coroners Court of Queensland.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

Altadena was where people raised chickens before it was trendy, where no one batted an eye at the neighbors with a pet dingo, or thought much about the so-called haunted road said to defy gravity.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2026

It's said that a dog is a man's best friend, but the wild dingo is much maligned in Australia.

From Science Daily Oct. 20, 2023

Jane and Michael had a good view of what was happening, through a gap between a panther and a dingo.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers

The traditional owners of K'gari, the Butchulla people, said the state's failure to consult with them before euthanising the dingoes -- or wongari in their language -- was "unexpected and disappointing".

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

A Canadian backpacker, who was found dead on an Australian beach and surrounded by a pack of dingoes earlier this week, likely died of drowning, an autopsy has found.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

They’re threatened by conflict with humans, dogs and dingoes and a disease called Devil Facial Tumor Disease that only affects the species.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2025

"This reflects the close bond between people and dingoes and their almost-human status."

From Science Daily Oct. 20, 2023

Vaguely, the dingoes told themselves that Finn must be some kind of giant among wolves who was connected in some mysterious way with men-folk.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton




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