the herd

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One morning in July 1992, Raynella said, she found him dead in their cattle corral, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls, apparently knocked down and trampled as he fed the herd.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In her culture in Turkana, where livestock are not merely a source of money but are central to life itself, the depletion of the herd is a disaster that will be hard to recover from.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

That is, until the herd decides to heed the new CDC recommendations.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

You know the one: Mary Richards, smiling brightly amid the herd gathered at a crowded Minneapolis intersection, suddenly whirls and flings her tam-o’-shanter into the air.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

They grunted loudly and the rest of the herd came back.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah