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shepherd

[shep-erd] / ˈʃɛp ərd /


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The demonstration had been called by farmers and shepherd groups.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Neighbors always waved at Vela Gonzalez as he walked his German shepherd, Chico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

As well as turning more unsettled in the coming days, the area of low pressure which is bringing the showers will also shepherd in some much cooler air from the Arctic.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Marco Rubio helped shepherd the law through the upper chamber.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

“A wandering shepherd gave you to me, a servant of Laius.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Romanian shepherds also protested in front of the government earlier this year at the end of July.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

For centuries, it was a vast swamp where mosquitoes spread malaria among shepherds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Some shepherds were waiting for them to come out.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

In Spain, fritter-like buñuelos showed up with the Moors, and by some reports, churros were a Chinese idea that was later dragged through molten chocolate by hungry Madrileños or wandering shepherds or both.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

The fourth side was a twenty-foot-high wall with a catwalk patrolled by guards with German shepherds.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

After Mark Carney settled markets with explicit forward guidance and successfully shepherded Canada through the global financial crisis in 2008, his successor as central bank governor changed course.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

He also shepherded his young UAE-Team Emirates-XRG team-mate Isaac del Toro across the line on more than one occasion during this year's race when his own job was done.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

As a producer, Davis notched five Grammy Awards, two with Santana, one with Clarkson and one with Jennifer Hudson, but shepherded several nominations and wins for artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

One speaker after another followed Erika’s lead, preaching the tenets of Christian womanhood to a congregation eager to be shepherded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

The NAACP’s legal eagles, led by the fund’s chief counsel, Charles Hamilton Houston, and Houston’s top deputy, a gangly, whip-smart Howard University law school grad named Thurgood Marshall, shepherded the Alston v.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Navy, meanwhile, has been eating into Iran’s control of the strait by steadily shepherding tankers through the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

But we may be starting a new era, according to Rick Castellano, a vice president at Sallie Mae, who has been shepherding the company’s data collection since 2014.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Wang appeared as usual at last week’s city council meeting, shepherding along discussions on street paving, the upcoming budget and a potential e-bike ordinance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Ternus is best known for shepherding the almost seamless transition of Mac computers from Intel’s chips to the company’s own Apple Silicon.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Hermione had darted ahead to fulfill her prefect’s duty of shepherding the first years, but Ron remained with Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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