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shepherd

[shep-erd] / ˈʃɛp ərd /


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Before Jessie's dad died, he was renting fields out to a local shepherd, which is still bringing in income now.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

Tolomeo, the deposed king of Egypt, is hiding out on the island of Cyprus disguised as a shepherd.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

People who shepherd their loved ones through serious illness are often crucial to the well-being of the patients using the company’s products.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

A shepherd boy who reminded me of the handsome Acoynapa of Uncle Turu’s story played a flute to the grazing animals.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Streaming series creator Jon Favreau shepherds his hit into an enjoyable if inessential summer popcorn movie loaded with the creatures you’re looking for.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

They are waulking the wool, an age-old tradition for rendering tweed soft and airtight so that it might keep the shepherds of the Scottish Hebrides warm.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

In Spain, fritter-like buñuelos showed up with the Moors, and by some reports, churros were a Chinese idea that was later dragged through molten chocolate by hungry Madrileños or wandering shepherds or both.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2026

He shepherds his wards through the landscape of their degradation, helping to set rules for coexistence—how to share scarce food, for instance, and their hellishly tight space—and teaching them to rise above their humiliation.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 6, 2025

‘They are the shepherds of the trees,’ answered Gandalf.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

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

The almost seamless transition from Intel chips was shepherded by John Ternus, who will become Apple CEO in September.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 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

Desperate to leave, she turned and shepherded the children toward the door.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

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

Ternus has a reputation as a decisive leader, where Cook was known for shepherding teams to collaborative conclusions.

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

Bores plunged into the Manhattan congressional race after three years in the state assembly, where his chief achievement was shepherding the AI bill.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Hermione had darted ahead to fulfill her prefect’s duty of shepherding the first years, but Ron remained with Harry.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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