herdsman
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On this recent evening, the puppeteer Kennedy Kanagawa was out sick, but his understudy, Cameron Johnson, was an able herdsman for Jack’s pal, Milky White.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2022
Now at 31, he is the herdsman and co-manages the dairy farm alongside his father.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Farmers and herders once lived harmoniously on Nigeria’s bucolic central plateau, but when Amos Lenji, a farmer, caught a young herdsman grazing cattle in his cornfields this October, he feared for his life.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2018
The rational herdsman concludes that the only sensible course is to add another animal to their herd, and then another, and so forth.
From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018
I nodded to the herdsman sitting guard and led Rostam and the pack mule around the back of the building.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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New study by ICTA-UAB and the University of Cádiz reveals that the first farmers and herdsmen settled in Andalusia collected and consumed shellfish throughout the year, especially in winter.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2024
He said it was a "stark and salutary lesson to herdsmen", adding: "It was a tragedy that could and should have been avoided."
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
Such attacks are common in many parts of Nigeria’s northern region where local herdsmen have clashed in the past with farmers over limited access to land and water.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
Villagers had seen "strange herdsmen" setting up camp near the area in the days before the attacks began.
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2022
Then he called Telemakhos to his side and the two herdsmen.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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