shepherd
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For a moment, they saw what appeared to be Lang, the beloved rescue shepherd mix they had had for nearly 13 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
These days he’s a religious gent and a shepherd to drifting youth, a golf addict, sober as a mullah, and insists his critics have always taken him far too seriously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The Great Redwood Trail Agency was created three years later to shepherd the transition of the 231-mile northern stretch in Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
But Jupp will need to turbocharge it - with fewer resources and a demoralised workforce, some of whom she will need to shepherd out the door.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Later, a shepherd girl in a homespun frock, weaving garlands for her lover.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Her style also "shepherds a message championing the working class", says Tashira Halyard, an attorney, content creator, and public policy expert based in Washington DC.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Romanian shepherds also protested in front of the government earlier this year at the end of July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Two German shepherds on a loose leash, maybe off leash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Intricate sculptural groups depict the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus, the Adoration of the Magi and the shepherds, Herod’s massacre of the innocents, the flight into Egypt, Jesus preaching at the temple, and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The shepherds forgot the words to “Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow.”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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Ms. Hazrat points out that the punctuation of William Shakespeare’s plays seem not to have come from the Bard himself but from the editors, copyreaders, typesetters and publishers who shepherded his manuscripts into finished form.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
The almost seamless transition from Intel chips was shepherded by John Ternus, who will become Apple CEO in September.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
They gave ground before the charges, still orderly but giving, and were shepherded along a glade of Sherwood forest—a wide glade like an estuary of grass with trees on either side.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Now a firm that made its name shepherding companies through bankruptcy is facing mounting financial pressure itself if it can’t stem partner losses or find a merger partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
He is expected to continue shepherding some of those briefs, though now without Kendall's leadership.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
Mrs. Bowles put Susannah in charge of shepherding three of the children inside, and stayed to wave good-bye.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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