guard dog

noun

: a dog that is trained to protect a place : a watchdog

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What if your security measures include a guard dog or other animal? Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 For whatever reason, the Netflix series did not include the detail of Blanco keeping a guard dog named Hitler. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024 Private security guards in camouflage uniforms carrying semiautomatic weapons appeared leading a no-nonsense German shepherd guard dog. John Fund, National Review, 14 July 2024 Heavenly goes into defense mode as Jackie’s guard dog, speaking up before Jackie utters a word. Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024 As the public panics about deepfakes and wholly convincing scams enabled by generative artificially intelligent technologies, the White House is trying to serve as an authentication role model and guard dog. Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 13 Dec. 2023 But this was no guard dog, and Creedence, as she’s named, shifted promptly to tail wagging. Nate Rogers, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023 In another, Gomez is in the pool with a big guard dog standing by the side of the water. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 8 July 2023 Inspired by the killer robot dogs Boston Dynamics have been cooking up in their apocalyptic kennel, a killer robot guard dog kills two people in a desolate land with no other humans around. Evan Romano, Men's Health, 14 June 2023

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“Guard dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guard%20dog. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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