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
For some dogs, especially herding breeds like Border collies, the day care setting can be a sensory overload.
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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
In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
All signatory state parties would have to agree to add a new pathogen (or new type of organism of concern) to the convention, an ungainly process of herding cats that could make this effort hard to achieve.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Basques began settling in Northern Nevada during the silver and gold rush, herding sheep and cattle and living off the land.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
The increase in sheep herding during the Bronze Age likely played a significant role.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
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
In the sixteenth century, the nomadic, reindeer-herding Sámi people of what’s now northern Sweden and Finland and the Shawnee of the Ohio Valley in North America, who lived in farming villages organized as a confederacy, didn’t necessarily have much in common.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Aug. 2025
All signatory state parties would have to agree to add a new pathogen (or new type of organism of concern) to the convention, an ungainly process of herding cats that could make this effort hard to achieve.
—Liyam Chitayat, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Basques began settling in Northern Nevada during the silver and gold rush, herding sheep and cattle and living off the land.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
The increase in sheep herding during the Bronze Age likely played a significant role.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herding
driving
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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In bodycam footage provided by Ory, the gold truck's driver said the woman driving the car behind him caused the wreck after pulling into the other lane to avoid colliding with the back of the truck.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Herding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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