poodle
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Officials classified the pooch as a poodle trapped several feet down a storm drain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Such restraint today seems as quaint as poodle skirts and “I Love Lucy.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Now eight-weeks-old, the household's numerous new arrivals – dubbed Irish Doodles because their mother was mated with a poodle – are believed to be the biggest litter that crossbreed has seen in the UK.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
The poodle had become timid and was reluctant to leave Lee's side.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Other visitors were not so congenial, and Tycho clearly did not always relish his role as a kind of performing poodle.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Pink poodles with long black eyelashes danced in a can-can line, a quartet of googly-eyed cacti bobbed along to the music and a trio of small white dogs galloped on the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
In another video played to the court, Warren told police his XL Bullies, one of which he bought on Gumtree, were "the friendliest dogs I know" and said poodles were "more aggressive".
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
Chihuahuas, rat terriers and miniature poodles are muscling in on strength contests long dominated by big dogs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
In his spare time, he breeds toy poodles, some of which have competed at dog shows like Crufts.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
A toy—and indeed, they called them toy poodles.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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