herded
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The 100-odd surviving islanders were herded into a walled village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Chagossians have described being herded onto cargo ships and taken to Mauritius or the Seychelles.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
Kudos to all the drivers who patiently allowed their commute to pause while the mother duck herded her children across the highway.
From Seattle Times ● May 19, 2024
Proximity, whether voluntary or as a result of “being herded or pushed closer together by crowd control, increases risk of being exposed to the virus,” said Nolan.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
They herded the hastily formed Volkssturm platoons into parks and gave hurried instructions in the use of the machine gun and Panzerfaust.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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