How to Use sled dog in a Sentence

sled dog

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  • The Kobuk 440 is the last major sled dog race of the season.
    — Tegan Hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The future of the world's most famous sled dog race is at risk.
    — Alicia Delgallo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Fred drove a team of sled dogs 4,000 miles across Greenland.
    — Michael Joseph Gross, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2018
  • That would be the most ever by a musher in the world’s most famous sled dog race.
    — Mark Thiessen, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Local mushers loaned dogs and sleds and a 6-year-old and a 7-year-old drove a sled dog team for the first time.
    — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Try a sled dog excursion and follow wolf tracks in the snow.
    — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • The Iditarod is the most prestigious sled dog race in the world.
    — Alicia Delgallo, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Burmeister said sled dog racing will remain a part of his life.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • And lungs to the governor of Alaska, because hundreds of dogs have died in [sled dog] races.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2023
  • Most people have heard of Balto, the sled dog with his own statue in Central Park.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The race takes place in the dead of winter along a route that was used by sled dog teams during the gold rush to deliver mail and supplies.
    — National Geographic, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The Outhouse Races drew a large crowd back to Fourth Avenue after the day’s sled dog races were completed.
    — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Balto Loosely based on the true story of a dog who leads a team of sled dogs on a long journey through Alaska.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Aug. 2017
  • In a normal year, the finish line of the 1,000-mile sled dog race is a focal point for a weeklong festival here.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2020
  • In our modern sled dog world, culling does not mean euthanasia.
    — Jeff King | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Beargrease is the premier long-distance sled dog race series in the Lower 48.
    — Nancy Ngo, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2019
  • That’s the only time of year when the park provides bus service and offers sled dog demonstrations.
    — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Then, following a thrilling afternoon dogsled ride, the sled dogs lolled in the mild sunshine, enjoying the cold of the fresh snow against their fur.
    — Candice Yacono, Orange County Register, 29 July 2019
  • Leonhard Seppala and his lead sled dog, Togo, are the town’s only hope of getting the vaccine.
    — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Running of the Reindeer and the annual sled dog race — which often draw large crowds — have been canceled.
    — Samantha Davenport, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Dec. 2020
  • For example, the researchers found variants that may have helped sled dogs grow strong bones and muscles, as well as a thick coat.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The Pennsylvania Sled Dog Club was founded in 1971 to conduct sled dog races in a humane and safe way.
    — Bethany Ao, Philly.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Balto led the sled dogs on the last part of the trip that got a diphtheria anti-toxin to Nome, Alaska, to counter an outbreak of the disease.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Yukon Quest sled dog race in February, marking the four-time champ’s return after a two-year break.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2014
  • During peak season, rangers will lead on- and off-trail hikes and programs at the park’s six campgrounds, plus the sled dog demonstrations.
    — Carolyn McAtee Cerbin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2017
  • This year, as in past years, every time a musher approached the finish of the nearly 1,000-mile sled dog race, the siren sounded throughout town.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The world’s most famous sled dog race started for 49 mushers March 6 north of Anchorage.
    — Mark Thiessen, ajc, 20 Mar. 2022
  • One of the best things about raising sled dogs is being forced to do manual labor outside, every day of the year.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 12 Jan. 2017
  • Those who want to get up close to some of the animals that call the park home will want to visit the Denali National Park Kennels, where the park's sled dog teams live.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t miss Puppies on the Piazza, which offers passengers the chance to interact with sled dogs brought on board by local mushers in Skagway.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2024

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