shepherd

Example Sentences

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The executive headed BP from 2020 to 2023, helping shepherd similarly large projects worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Unless you are at the level of wealth where you’re hiring a full-time money manager to shepherd your family foundation, you should retain control over your finances.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

If the customer wanted cool, Jacobs would be their shepherd, skipping hand-in-hand with them into the future with abandon.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A local shepherd told the BBC he was at the shop about 30 minutes beforehand, offering to supply the family with yoghurt.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Since they instinctively follow a dominant leader and will imprint on humans as that leader, they can readily be driven by a shepherd or sheepdog.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond