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Recent Examples of sheepherder
For sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
The region has a rich history of sheep farming going back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Basque sheepherders settled there.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024
Barbershop Trail: Named for a sheepherder who used his skills cutting the hair of his neighbors, the Barbershop Trail is part of the Cabin Loop Trail system on the Rim.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
One student who was helping take photos and videos and noting GPS locations revealed that her father came to the U.S. from the Basque Country to work as a sheepherder.
—Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
The region has a rich history of sheep farming going back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when Basque sheepherders settled there.
—Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 10 Oct. 2024
Barbershop Trail: Named for a sheepherder who used his skills cutting the hair of his neighbors, the Barbershop Trail is part of the Cabin Loop Trail system on the Rim.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Sep. 2024
One student who was helping take photos and videos and noting GPS locations revealed that her father came to the U.S. from the Basque Country to work as a sheepherder.
—Cheryl Oestreicher, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheepherder
Noun
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There’s also an impressive 1836 drawing of a young shepherdess by Jules Dupre, acquired by the museum in 2009 as part of a bequest from collector Muriel Butkin.—
Steven Litt,
cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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And Angela Chatelain Avila entertainingly plays most of the play’s female roles, including the neighbor’s gentle-natured wife Beryl, a boy servant, a maid and a shepherdess.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2022
Noun
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The Blackhawks were torn on whether to take the cowboy defenseman or the flashy forward with the second overall pick in the 2024 draft, and ultimately settled on Levshunov.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, shortly after the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures — in which Costner played neither a cowboy nor a water-faring mutant but a NASA scientist — the actor landed that rarest of opportunities in Hollywood, a shot at redemption.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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Germany’s Beta Film confirmed production has begun on Rex – Vienna Calling, a six-part, feature-length revival of Beta’s iconic cop-and-dog series Rex, which will bring the titular German shepherd back to his original beat in Austria’s capital.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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Within the last 30 years, the German shepherd Rex has become the ultimate four-legged detective and a worldwide phenomenon, inspiring numerous international adaptations, which add up to a total of 750 episodes.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Joe worked as a cowpuncher in Flagler, Colo., making $150 a day tending to cattle on horseback.—
Jose A. Del Real,
Washington Post,
6 Nov. 2022
Noun
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The picture-perfect cowman’s paradise of Stockyards City is true to its stripes—and nowhere is this more evident than in Cattlemen’s Steakhouse.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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The reply of my friend and hunting companion was one of those quaint, rasping epithets which only a cowman can manage when everything has gone wrong.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Pagnol returns to Marseille and is greeted by his brother Paul, a goatherd.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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The French- and Corsican-language drama centers on Joseph, one of the last goatherds on the Corsican coastline, who receives a visit from the Mafia.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2024
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The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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It’s been ten weeks since the robbery, and Theresa and Shermy the dog are the last two urban cowpokes standing at the old makeshift homestead motel.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Sheepherder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepherder. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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