retriever
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One client of Alexander Schwartz, a Connecticut divorce attorney, spent about $70,000 on fighting for sole custody of a Labrador retriever that the client and his ex originally bought for $3,000.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Pickle is an eight-year-old black labrador retriever guide dog.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
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
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
Mike, who was taking on the qualities of a golden retriever, walked faithfully by my side to class.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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