as in to guide
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed
shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan
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Recent Examples of shepherd
Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Ahead of the first vote of the night, District 3 council member Jennifer Gamble, who has shepherded the bills through the process as the previous planning and zoning committee chair, said the bill that adds new zoning categories was meant to add more housing in the $300,000 to $500,000 range.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
On the same day Emerson got her dog, Denise Parker drove to Angel Paws to try to pick up Murphy Brown, her 58-pound Australian shepherd.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Even to her longtime political foes, Pelosi was viewed as one of the most effective speakers, and Democratic leaders, in history, holding the party caucus together to shepherd through massive legislation, like the Affordable Care Act, the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s healthcare agenda.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Ahead of the first vote of the night, District 3 council member Jennifer Gamble, who has shepherded the bills through the process as the previous planning and zoning committee chair, said the bill that adds new zoning categories was meant to add more housing in the $300,000 to $500,000 range.
—Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
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The second Eclogue—often thought to be autobiographical—offers a famous example in which the shepherd Corydon proclaims his love for the boy Alexis.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
On the same day Emerson got her dog, Denise Parker drove to Angel Paws to try to pick up Murphy Brown, her 58-pound Australian shepherd.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherd
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Mike Vrabel has breathed life into the New England Patriots, guiding them to a 7-2 start while riding a six-game winning streak despite fielding a roster that still has its fair share of deficiencies.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Paul was a fierce advocate for diversity and inclusion and guided the league through the challenges of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Bovino was spotted at 26th and Pulaski by DeMateo, the pastor, in the Little Village neighborhood where DHS and the Border Patrol chief originally claimed he was hit in the head with a rock by a protester.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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In Detroit, then Mariners' Church pastor Richard Ingalls got news of the wreck from Bob Lee, then curator at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle, according to Ingalls’ daughter, Bette Wisniowiecki.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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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
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Mascherano knew how high Silvetti’s potential was even before becoming Inter Miami’s coach, having coached him on the Argentine U20 team.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
9 Nov. 2025
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His work amid the injury woes could make a case for a postseason assistant coach of the year award, and Kyle Shanahan has an argument for the head coaching version of the honor given the 49ers’ success despite losing so many players.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The archdiocese’s vicar general, the Rev. John Riley, has been appointed as the parish’s temporary administrator, the archdiocese said.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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Aquila served as a parochial vicar in two parishes from 1976 to 1982 and then as pastor at Denver’s Guardian Angels Parish from 1982 to 1987.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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After Joe translates for Washington in an interrogation with a sheepherder whose land borders the ravine where Vines’s body was found, Washington finally makes her suspicions plain.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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Whitfield doubles down on his previous orders, instructing the former sheepherder to murder all the Duttons and dump their bodies in the lawless border town.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Film Festival – is returning with an enhanced co-production market, an ambitious slate of projects in the Cairo Film Connection, a wide range of workshops, and a new mentoring program – Cairo Pro-Meet.—
Martin Dale,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Mannion mentored Wilkins and wrote a letter recommending Lenny for a basketball scholarship to another priest, who happened to be the athletic director at Providence.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Two hundred cowboys led the parade, all of whom worked for the Kansas City Stockyards.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tapping into this 2025 obsession, Miron Crosby, a leader in fashion-forward cowboy boots, has teamed up with luxury label Carolina Herrera on a two-boot collection that honors both the cowboy and the sophisticate inside of you.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherd. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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