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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
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The thoughtful decor features pendant lamps inspired by traditional Rwandan headdresses, crafted by local fashion designer Joselyne Umutoniwase, and tasseled armchairs that riff on the traditional Rwandan shepherdess skirts.—
Chris Wallace,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Nov. 2025
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Others, such as the fictional shepherdess Marcela in Don Quixote, decided to lead a life of solitude and freedom away from both men and the confines of the convent.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2025
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Even before stepping foot inside, an eye-catching neon cowboy greets you.—
Karla Walsh,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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The experience, which costs $240 per person, not including alcohol, features a hearty meal of prime rib and delicious sides (a vegetarian main course is also available) and is accompanied by live entertainment of country songs and cowboy stories.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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An opening for the Islamic State came one day in June, 2013, nearly a year after Manbij’s liberation, when the body of a young man was discovered by a shepherd outside town.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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In 1928, Herbert Hoover’s team printed and distributed thousands of photos of the candidate and his Belgian shepherd, King Tut.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Residents and visitors will line the streets to watch cowhands from various ranches herd more than 30 Longhorns through town, a tradition dating back to when the parade was a downtown cattle drive.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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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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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
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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
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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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So guess who becomes Bond's ally? Played for broad comedy and featuring bizarre pop culture references (the Magnificent Seven theme plays when Roger Moore dresses like a gaucho), Moonraker finds the franchise parodying itself.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Jan. 2026
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Expect to see a lot more of their eye-wateringly expensive merino wool gaucho bomber jackets in the stands next year.—
Rachel Marlowe,
Vanity Fair,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Sheepherder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepherder. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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