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sheep

[sheep] / ʃip /
NOUN
bellwether
Synonyms






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"You had wolves guarding the sheep," Konstantinos Barkas, parliament speaker for the leftist Syriza party, told lawmakers.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"I only know how to be a shepherd. I have no other memory from my life. Only the sheep," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The land abutting the Pinto Mountains Wilderness is also home to badgers, bighorn sheep and Mojave fringe-toed lizards.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

She rears sheep, and lambing season is just about to get under way.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Also salvaged was an astragalus, which was a knucklebone of a sheep or a goat used like a die in a game called “knucklebone.”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler