herded

past tense of herd
as in drove
to urge, push, or force onward the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding

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  • In the 1970s, experiments by James Gould and collaborators drove a new consensus.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
  • About 10 minutes later, a suspect drove onto the grass near 14 Mile and Van Dyke and struck two pedestrians before fleeing the scene.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Some of the rolls of masking tape went faster than others, especially when Goldberg-Polin was running around the world trying to save Hersh.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Rents will run from $1,500 for studios to $3,400 for three-bedroom units, according to the release.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Rents will run from $1,500 for studios to $3,400 for three-bedroom units, according to the release.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The trailer’s modular design allows researchers, aid organizations, and even event organizers to adapt the trailer to their needs, regardless of whether for charging equipment, powering lights and communication devices, or running refrigeration systems.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Herded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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