shepherd
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A corgi shepherd mix went missing from its Northern California home in July and was found in Illinois.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
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
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
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
“Don’t worry, Nala. You get some action in this scene too. You’re going to shepherd Cha-Cha out of the warehouse to safety. Fred? Fred?!”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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Two German shepherds on a loose leash, maybe off leash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
For centuries, it was a vast swamp where mosquitoes spread malaria among shepherds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Jersey brothers and shepherds Josh and Ben Voak, who work with the project, said it had saved them hours of manual labour and opened up new areas for flocks to graze.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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
It looks as if those shepherds and camels and even Mary and Joseph have come all the way from Bethlehem just to see him.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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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
One speaker after another followed Erika’s lead, preaching the tenets of Christian womanhood to a congregation eager to be shepherded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
He and Hybe’s Bang Si-Hyuk put Katseye together, as chronicled in a slick 2024 Netflix docuseries, then shepherded the group to a string of hit singles with more than 2 billion Spotify streams between them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 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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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
During drill-time Kantorek gave us long lectures until the whole of our class went, under his shepherding, to the District Commandant and volunteered.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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