shepherd
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The demonstration had been called by farmers and shepherd groups.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Chico, his German shepherd, was sent to a foster family in March and permanently rehomed last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Included were proposals to create an enclosure for the animals, stables, three shepherd huts, parking for tractors and a pond.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Etna, a mixed-breed shepherd, is a mine-sniffing dog with the American military during a devastating future war in a country that is left unnamed, though hints point to the Korean peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
If we had to go anywhere, he would be my first choice, because I was his shepherd, and he was my number one friend.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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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
Some shepherds were waiting for them to come out.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Bidens arrived in Washington with two German shepherds, Champ and Major.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But Poppy acted as if their modern apartment on the Ramallah road was still surrounded by shepherds.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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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
As a producer, Davis notched five Grammy Awards, two with Santana, one with Clarkson and one with Jennifer Hudson, but shepherded several nominations and wins for artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Afterward, they were shepherded into the dining room, which had been set up quite nicely for the talent show.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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The U.S. says it is shepherding several ships a day through the strait to help ease pressure on global oil supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
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
Ternus is best known for shepherding the almost seamless transition of Mac computers from Intel’s chips to the company’s own Apple Silicon.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I was going to do that, okay, Nala? I don’t need shepherding twenty-four seven!”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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