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Recent Examples of sheepherderFor sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.—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 See All Example Sentences for sheepherder
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.
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Steven Litt,
cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2022
Bighorn Scenic Byway Wyoming Embrace your inner cowboy with a drive along the Bighorn Scenic Byway, which takes you over the crest of the Big Horn Mountains and to spots like the city of Sheridan, where New West meets Old West in the historic downtown.
Mija the Yorkshire terrier lived in Florida with her owner, 33, who chose not to give his name, and his much-larger dogs, including a husky and Swiss shepherd.
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Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
His first adoption failed, and the German shepherd returned to the Yorba Linda couple at 9 months.
Now, the ranch is proactively using drones equipped with speakers and bright lights as stand-in cowhands, WSJ reported.
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Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Things are also taking a turn for the worse in Texas, where Runs His Horse successfully tracks down the ranch cowhands that interrupted Pete and Teonna’s tryst.
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