one of the herd
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The Royal Welsh also selected one of the herd to be its regimental mascot, although it was not a straightforward affair as Fusilier Shenkin IV repeatedly gave soldiers the slip.
From BBC • Feb. 8, 2022
One Marquette professor remembers him as "independent, not one of the herd, a take-charge guy."
From Time Magazine Archive
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In a few minutes the steer picked the new bull up, quieted him down, and made him one of the herd.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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Presently one of the herd betakes himself to the land.
From Black Ivory by Pearson, Francis B.
She looked just like one of the herd, and in the huddled-up little figure, in the dark bedraggled clothes, no one would for a moment have recognized the dazzling personality of Lady Blakeney.
From The Elusive Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness