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
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
So Yang returned to see the show through half a season’s worth of character work and to shepherd the next generation of cast members into their glory.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
Said Rahmani often compared his life story to the plot of Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, in which a young shepherd sets off on a long and winding journey to find his treasure, only to learn that it was buried near his home all along.
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Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Verb
Working alongside the theater’s longtime production company, McCoy Rigby Entertainment — which will continue to book and mount the theater’s Broadway series — McNicholl shepherded an impactful rebirth following the 1,250-seat theater’s darkest days of closure during the pandemic.
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Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 June 2026
So Yang returned to see the show through half a season’s worth of character work and to shepherd the next generation of cast members into their glory.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Noun
The menu features classic comfort dishes such as shepherd’s pie, bangers and mash, and its award-winning fish and chips, while the bar is known for housing one of the largest whiskey collections on the West Coast.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
3 June 2026
Said Rahmani often compared his life story to the plot of Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, in which a young shepherd sets off on a long and winding journey to find his treasure, only to learn that it was buried near his home all along.
—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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That idea guided nearly every aspect of the wardrobe.
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Itineraries guide food-lovers to Breyðvirkið, the Faroe Islands’ sole artisanal sourdough bakery, renowned for its exceptional coffee and its ‘BMO’ (bolle med ost), a classic Scandinavian breakfast of a fresh sourdough bun with butter and cheese.
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James Stewart, the congregation’s pastor, was heartbroken at the loss of the historic building but echoed James’ sentiment.
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And that’s how the part-time pastor met Leap Housing founder Bart Cochran, the man who is now his boss at the affordable housing nonprofit.
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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.
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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.
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Acuff has drawn rave reviews from Calapari, who has coached 42 NBA lottery picks and 13 All-Stars with 43 All-Star appearances, including two MVPS, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Derrick Rose.
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The consensus in the Spanish capital was that Arbeloa, while not yet cut out to coach a club of Madrid’s magnitude, was not responsible for the chaos that engulfed the club.
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Nearly every murder is solved by the end of the episode, but despite the unusual twist of having the village vicar team up with the police, the real action comes from the relationships among the characters.
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The sacred meets the secular in this long-running pairing of a young vicar with a worldly police detective in the titular idyllic Cambridgeshire village during the 1950s and ‘60s.
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Rather than escape, the sheepherder accepts his death.
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Order it with your choice of strawberry, blueberry, or chocolate topping at The Star Hotel, which opened in 1910 as an 11-room boarding house for sheepherders and still rings a dinner bell before mealtime, in the town of Elko.
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Happy Father’s Day to fathers everywhere — birth fathers, stepfathers, adoptive and foster fathers, grandfathers, and all of you caring men who mentor children and fill the role of absent dads.
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This low-key drama from a country rarely seen onscreen (and whose World Cup debut was a shocking draw with the powerhouse Spain) follows his efforts to mentor a young man with potential.
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherd. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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