sheep

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Recent Examples of sheep These sheep have curled horns that can weigh up to 30 pounds alone. Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025 This third vexatious attempt will fail to do anything other than prove that the signatories have less intelligence —and independent thoughts — than sheep. Sophie Clark shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines. Karl Vick, Time, 19 June 2025 In the first of two clips, four sheep enter via a set of large, wide-open folding glass doors. Colson Thayer, People.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheep
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Noun
  • Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague accuse the 80-year-old political patriarch of carrying out a brutal war on drugs that killed possibly thousands of people, including many innocents and bystanders.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
  • Some rights groups say the death toll could be as high as 30,000 with innocents and bystanders often caught in the crossfire.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Following an appearance on the U.K. entrepreneur pitch show Dragons Den - modelled on Shark Tank - the company gained an angel investor (Stephen Bartlett) and a lot of publicity.
    Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Rob Reiner appears, as if from nowhere, as a heroic angel investor who seems heaven sent to help save the Bear.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • According to Dermatologists By Brianna Peters A dish of lamb with a fresh herb salad at Ricard Camarena.
    Elizabeth Bennett, Vogue, 20 June 2025
  • Raw chicken kabobs were stored on top of raw lamb inside the meat display cooler, violating proper storage guidelines.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2025

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“Sheep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheep. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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