herding

Example Sentences

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Free-diving off Costa Rica, Gabillon found herself in a vast superpod of spinner dolphins herding lanternfish.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

But in this case, reporters seem to be herding without much to show for it.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Abdirahman, a 60-year-old grandmother, was bitten while herding livestock in Mandera county in Kenya's northeast, a hotspot for the parasite but with only three treatment facilities capable of treating the disease.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026

This growing diversity likely reflected the many roles dogs played in early human societies, including hunting, herding, guarding, and companionship.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

“The critical moment in the development of the young shepherd’s reputation is his first quarrel,” the ethnographer J. K. Campbell writes of one herding culture in Greece.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell