as in driving
to urge, push, or force onward
the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding
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Recent Examples of herding
Interestingly, people at Netflix weren’t kind of herding me to see it.
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Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Mining companies have so exacerbated water scarcity that many Indigenous Chileans have had to give up herding.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Uniqlo has begun collaborating with scientists at the University of the Ryukyus to assess the impact of cashmere herding in Mongolia.
—Chizuru Muko, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
For some dogs, especially herding breeds like Border collies, the day care setting can be a sensory overload.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
That position puts the 32-year-old Ubezonu in the thick of the action during floor votes, when staffers are frequently in charge of herding the cats on behalf of their leadership bosses.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Armed with clubs and pistols, vigilantes went door to door, herding more than three hundred men, women, and children through the streets and out of town.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Everything is founded around the reindeer herding.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Mining companies have so exacerbated water scarcity that many Indigenous Chileans have had to give up herding.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Uniqlo has begun collaborating with scientists at the University of the Ryukyus to assess the impact of cashmere herding in Mongolia.
—Chizuru Muko, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
For some dogs, especially herding breeds like Border collies, the day care setting can be a sensory overload.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
That position puts the 32-year-old Ubezonu in the thick of the action during floor votes, when staffers are frequently in charge of herding the cats on behalf of their leadership bosses.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Armed with clubs and pistols, vigilantes went door to door, herding more than three hundred men, women, and children through the streets and out of town.
—Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
Everything is founded around the reindeer herding.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herding
driving
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Bandit had been found on a rural road in the middle of nowhere and would have died had his rescuer not been driving past.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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That driving tension and anxiety are largely thanks to the team of artisans, which included composer Volker Bertelmann, editor Kirk Baxter and sound designer Paul Ottosson, who worked closely behind the scenes on their respective crafts to bring it together.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Herding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herding. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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