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shepherd

[shep-erd] / ˈʃɛp ərd /


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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

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

“Neon is a perfect custodian for this film, and they will shepherd it to the big screen, I think very effectively,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

And how much wolf can you cry before they just take you off shepherd duty?

From Slate Jun. 12, 2026

Yet from the viewpoint of the herd, rather than that of the shepherd, it’s hard to avoid the impression that for the vast majority of domesticated animals, the Agricultural Revolution was a terrible catastrophe.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

The Bidens arrived in Washington with two German shepherds, Champ and Major.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 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

The most remarkable of the test cases seen in this very entertaining program are Australian shepherds and border collies, which are known for their intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

A volunteer brought him to safety in downtown’s longstanding no-kill refuge for shepherds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2025

It was no accident that kings and prophets styled themselves as shepherds and likened the way they and the gods cared for their people to a shepherd’s care for his flock.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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 also shepherded his young UAE-Team Emirates-XRG team-mate Isaac del Toro across the line on more than one occasion during this year's race when his own job was done.

From BBC Jul. 27, 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

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

I went back to my station with my stomach in my throat, where it stayed firmly lodged all morning as I shepherded people up and down in the elevator.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

"Thanking Clive Davis for transforming music, and on a very personal note, for believing in me, shepherding my efforts and a half century of your love and support."

From BBC Jun. 22, 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

Carlos Tavares, the merged automaker’s first CEO, had ambitions of shepherding Chrysler along with the company’s other brands into an all-electric future.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

Other teachers and parents kept calling out to Ms. Morales, but she kept shepherding the kids toward the parking lot, even as she stayed a few steps back from them.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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