pastoralist

Example Sentences

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Rock art and faunal records attest to the pastoralist use of the lava tube and surrounding areas, painting a vivid picture of ancient lifeways.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

I remember a pastoralist whose sheep was taken by a leopard.

From Scientific American • Apr. 22, 2023

A nomadic, pastoralist people known as the Huns are particularly implicated in usurping this superpower.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

Dr Martins tells me there are very real debates taking place about whether this landscape, and the pastoralist way of life it has supported for millennia, will be able to survive this current crisis.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2022

But a new kind of society also appeared in some places, based primarily on the exploitation of animals: tribes of pastoralist herders.

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