sheep
Example Sentences
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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
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