Example Sentences

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Until recently, Copenhagen defended the world’s largest island with four aging patrol ships and 12 dog-sled teams.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

Local dog-sled racers, known as mushers, complain that Felix Gold obstructed access to the White Mountains, where they train for the annual 1,000-mile Iditarod race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

The race is formally the 25th annual Pedigree Stage Stop Race, probably the biggest dog-sled race in the lower 48.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020

He’s raced in Alaska’s Iditarod dog-sled race and once attempted to scale Mount Everest.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2018

A hundred yards away, on the far side of the shack, Jan came upon the first dog-sled he had ever seen, with a team of seven dogs attached, now lying resting on the dry snow.

From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Rockwell, Norman