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sheep

[sheep] / ʃip /
NOUN
bellwether
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However, opponents say the predators could attack sheep and other livestock.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

You may feel like the black sheep of your family, but you can be the North Star of your own life, and your son’s life, and your friends’ lives.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

No revolutionary, Wood writes, “defended with more vehemence common ordinary people against the aristocracy—‘against being ridden like horses, fleeced like sheep, worked like cattle, and fed and cloathed like swine and hounds.’

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

All of this is why Paul and Linda ended up at High Park Farm, his 183-acre sheep farm in Scotland.

From Salon Jun. 23, 2026

Nancy took the quarter and walked over to a goat and sheep food machine.

From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene




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