herd
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She said the sauropod would have been "too big" for a Megalosaurus to hunt, but if it had smaller animals around it the predator may have been "tracking the herd".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The U.S. herd is at a 75-year low after years of drought, high feed costs and weak incentives to rebuild.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
They are driven by human information processing — knowing how to weigh news as it arrives — and by fear, greed, panic, herd mentality and other emotions.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
Wrotham had rolling fields and a herd of sheep which we painstakingly removed from every exterior shot.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The other cows had finally found their courage, and the angry herd was on the march.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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An Explanation of Herd Immunity from "On Immunity" by Eula Biss
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