dingo
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"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
In a statement to the BBC, the coroner also said there were "extensive post-mortem dingo bite marks" and that no evidence anyone else was involved.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 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
About 200 dingoes live on K'Gari and are protected as a native species by law.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
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
About 200 dingoes live on World Heritage-listed K'Gari, according to the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.
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
From the context we may fairly infer that this last term is the Australian equivalent of the Western tenderfoot; but who shall explain the meaning of damper and dingoes, cou-ee and bandicoot?
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander
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