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Recent Examples on the Web After the end of communism, herders experienced a considerable reduction in government support, which is essential in a demanding and fragile nomadic pastoral economy. Morris Rossabi, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2013 Consecutive droughts in recent years have devastated livestock populations, forcing hundreds of thousands of herders to give up their traditional lifestyles and move, as unskilled workers, to sprawling towns. Mohamed Adow, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020 In the late 1960s and early 1970s, herders increasingly started coming from South America. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2024 These migrants had been pushed south by droughts, much like the Arab camel herders who left Chad and became the Janjawid in Darfur. Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2016 See all Example Sentences for herder 
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Noun
  • During six terms in office, Gates earned a reputation as a powerful politician who was a cowboy at heart.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Bingham recognizes this, too, and says that any fame or fortune is a happy accident for a singing cowboy whose music just happened to catch on.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • How to find Arcturus: Located in the northern constellation Boötes, the herdsman, the star can be seen from spring to fall in the United States.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Elsewhere were depictions of giraffes, elephants, and rhinos as well as people dancing, horsemen carrying spears and bows, and herdsmen tending cattle.
    Aminatta Forna, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Contra American voters are far more split on who would be a better shepherd of inflation.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Returning for a second sequel in this indie-slasher-turned-runaway-train, star David Howard Thornton reprises his role as Art: a supernatural shepherd of theatrical joy.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2024

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“Herder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herder. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.

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