shepherd
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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
Once on the scene, police have to clear corners and shepherd away fleeing students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The demonstration had been called by farmers and shepherd groups.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
He was a big mutt, part golden retriever, part shepherd maybe.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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Romanian shepherds also protested in front of the government earlier this year at the end of July.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
For centuries, it was a vast swamp where mosquitoes spread malaria among shepherds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Jersey brothers and shepherds Josh and Ben Voak, who work with the project, said it had saved them hours of manual labour and opened up new areas for flocks to graze.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Bidens arrived in Washington with two German shepherds, Champ and Major.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
It looks as if those shepherds and camels and even Mary and Joseph have come all the way from Bethlehem just to see him.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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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 spent about three minutes firing questions at the ship's second officer, who was helming the vessel, before he was shepherded back to the public areas.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
They work in groups of 20-50, shepherded by a leader.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
And dancing about them, running now to one and now to another, she shepherded them back to the Toy Department.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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The strikes come as the U.S. military is successfully shepherding more oil through the strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
"Thanking Clive Davis for transforming music, and on a very personal note, for believing in me, shepherding my efforts and a half century of your love and support."
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
Wanting to shake the corporals off, he quickened his pace, overtook the Scotsmen and pushed his way past a group of nuns shepherding a couple of dozen children in blue tunics.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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