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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
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.
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Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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.
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.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Oct. 2025
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.
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