herded

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The 100-odd surviving islanders were herded into a walled village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Nearby, workers herded some of the animals onto a rotating platform within the farm’s milking parlor and quickly attached pumping equipment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

We were herded into hastily set-up clinics to get shots of gamma globulin, which was thought to boost our immune systems.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 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

We herded the cattle into pens, and untied the poor hogs and turned them loose in the hog pens, too.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier