retriever
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By scanning the entire genome of each golden retriever, they identified genetic markers that appeared more frequently in dogs displaying particular behavioral traits.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
Unlike Little Bit, a terrific retriever, Doc failed at hunting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Poppy, a golden retriever, will be honoured as a "CPR hero" in London on Tuesday.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
Political systems that resemble one another in their fundamental structure and function are like species in the animal kingdom: A chihuahua is not a golden retriever, but they are both dogs.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
Kind of like a golden retriever, as insulting as that is to Bieber Spier.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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