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shepherd

[shep-erd] / ˈʃɛp ərd /


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But Jupp will need to turbocharge it - with fewer resources and a demoralised workforce, some of whom she will need to shepherd out the door.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The demonstration had been called by farmers and shepherd groups.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 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

He skimps on policy and skipped most of the preprimary debates; at the one he did attend, Marx brought his dog, a Dutch shepherd, onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

I turned to one of my favorite passages and read aloud, “‘The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Romanian shepherds also protested in front of the government earlier this year at the end of July.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Two German shepherds on a loose leash, maybe off leash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

Intricate sculptural groups depict the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus, the Adoration of the Magi and the shepherds, Herod’s massacre of the innocents, the flight into Egypt, Jesus preaching at the temple, and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Some shepherds were waiting for them to come out.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

The fourth side was a twenty-foot-high wall with a catwalk patrolled by guards with German shepherds.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

Instead, he said, he was shepherded into a glass office where a thin man in a baggy suit named Alex told him to sign three packets of documents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

A longtime political operative, Wiles played a key role in Trump's political comeback and shepherded his 2024 campaign to victory.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

“We are confronting death on a scale that we haven’t seen before because of the size of the baby-boom generation,” said Sen. Jamie Pedersen, majority leader of the Washington state senate, who shepherded the legislation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

But instead, she shepherded us out to an open patio at the center of the house.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a Wall Street law firm known for shepherding companies through bankruptcies and advising top private-equity firms, is facing a wave of partner defections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

He is expected to continue shepherding some of those briefs, though now without Kendall's leadership.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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

Mrs. Bowles put Susannah in charge of shepherding three of the children inside, and stayed to wave good-bye.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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