herd
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The higher reserve ratio, effective Nov. 15, could discourage excessive conversion into yuan and curb herd behavior, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Shrinking U.S. cattle herd is putting meatpackers out of business, fracturing the supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Kristina Auckland, who looks after the herd with her family, said gathering ponies on Exmoor was a tradition that had been going on for generations.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
A herd of ponies on Exmoor is being gathered as part of an annual inspection.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The air was thick with pungent smells and with steam rising up from the herd.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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That means more closures, a vicious cycle that leaves the meat industry less prepared for the day when cattle herds eventually expand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Dairy herds that catch Shav from bites can experience fever, diarrhoea and poor milk production.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Recent years have been difficult, with drought affecting crops and already historically low cattle herds.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
As the Corps of Discovery worked its way up the Missouri River, past herds that stretched to the horizon, they knew the shaggy brown beasts by the term Americans have used ever since: buffalo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I stand on my toes and look over people’s heads at all the soldiers moving the giant herds.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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It happened in the Philadelphia episode, after Transportation Secretary and “Real World: Boston” alumnus Sean Duffy herded his family past the Liberty Bell, but just before he took them into the National Constitution Center.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
In a video, Morgan showed the horses being herded away, saying it had been due to "constant pressure".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The 100-odd surviving islanders were herded into a walled village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
She spoke sitting on a chair on the same railway platform where tens of thousands of Czechoslovak Jews were herded onto trains bound for the Theresienstadt ghetto.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
Aunt Consuelo herded Lupita and Salvador outside to where another man was handing out cardboard boxes.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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They have lived by hunting, fishing and reindeer herding for thousands of years, and been subjected to colonisation for centuries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
She cared for her owner’s children as well as her own, herding cattle and cooking meals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The answer is yes, because it creates herding.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
"They are leaving the northern region for good because they can no longer sustain camel herding there because of extreme heat and drought," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
While Aboriginal Australians and many Native Americans remained hunter-gatherers, most of Eurasia and much of the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa gradually developed agriculture, herding, metallurgy, and complex political organization.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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