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sheep

[sheep] / ʃip /
NOUN
bellwether
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In Thessaly, where around 45 percent of the briny white cheese is made from sheep and goat's milk, the impact of the disease is already significant.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The central region, one of the country's key centres of agricultural production, has already sustained major livestock losses over the past three years owing to floods and sheep plague.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Louise Skelly is a sheep farmer in County Down.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

People were outside milking cows and shearing sheep, and planting seeds in their gardens.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff