retriever
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I usually kick off my day with a protein shake, feed our golden retriever and take her out for a walk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
In the photos released on social media on Sunday, she is also joined by her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, her brother James, and a golden retriever.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Wearing her blue harness, this restless brown Labrador retriever ventures into the debris of buildings that collapsed in the earthquakes of June 24.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
The world’s largest type of rodent, actually; a capybara can easily rival a golden retriever in size.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
They show him with a smiley golden retriever, with his pastor and some fellow deacons who are all blurred out, and then in his police uniform.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
To investigate the biological roots of canine temperament, scientists examined the DNA of 1,300 golden retrievers and compared it with each dog's behavioral profile.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026
As a superficial snob who grew up with golden retrievers that deserved Pantene commercials, I had to know: Why are we so into ugly dogs now?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
This left the retrievers fighting over limited resources, the court was told.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
Williams is carrying fish curry and a Ganesh statue, along with tags from her two labrador retrievers and multicolored socks.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
Which would have been no big deal, except for the way they treated their dogs—they had two chocolate Labrador retrievers that rode along with them in the motor home.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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