sheepherders

plural of sheepherder

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Noun
  • Guests dressed up as space cowboys, astronauts, and aliens.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But in 2005 — the same year an ambitious young Jedi's fall from grace spearheaded a revolution in a galaxy far, far away — another sci-fi movie got busy taking cowboys to the stars.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.
    Jenny Peters, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • The film blends documentary and fiction to tell the dramatic and heartrending story of Mongolian herders Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg’s difficult decision to leave their homelands after the arrival of a powerful and destructive sandstorm.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Mongolian-language film, which combines documentary filmmaking techniques with narrative storytelling, centers on herders forced from their land by increasingly destructive weather patterns.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Sheepherders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheepherders. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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