herding
Example Sentences
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Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Free-diving off Costa Rica, Gabillon found herself in a vast superpod of spinner dolphins herding lanternfish.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
But in this case, reporters seem to be herding without much to show for it.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2026
Abdirahman, a 60-year-old grandmother, was bitten while herding livestock in Mandera county in Kenya's northeast, a hotspot for the parasite but with only three treatment facilities capable of treating the disease.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Stuffing them in the backseat of the cab is like herding birds, but I finally push them all in.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
