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noun

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Recent Examples of shepherd
Verb
Mosko joined the company in 2018 after a 24-year run at Sony Pictures Television, most recently as chairman, that included shepherding such shows as Breaking Bad, Damages, Blacklist, The Shield and The Crown. Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025 The document homes in on the government spending bill Johnson shepherded through Congress last month along bipartisan lines. Andrew Solender, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
My colleague Joe Reid has also chosen to shepherd one particular GoFundMe to completion. Nate Jones, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025 The dog, a German shepherd, was left in a truck after his owner, Brandon Thomas, was arrested the week before, WKBN reported on Jan. 15. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for shepherd 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherd
Verb
  • Ortega will rely on the get-up-and-go that has guided him to this point.
    Dave Melton, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Academic institutions, including Stanford University, have conducted many studies on how teaching compassion can guide health care professionals to both treat patients better and achieve better outcomes.
    Tara Sonenshine, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Thank you to all the pastors, evangelists and artists of the kingdom who volunteered for this surprise party.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2025
  • In 2011, White-Cain became the senior pastor at the New Destiny Christian Church in Apopka, Florida.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • After Nick Sirianni coached his team to victory last night, his son had a hilarious message for him.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Moore had been a highly coveted coach a few coaching cycles ago but never landed a head-coaching job.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Pope Francis—who Catholics like Vance honor as the vicar of Jesus Christ—has highlighted the plight of migrants as a tragedy of our time, urging global solidarity and humane treatment of those fleeing violence and poverty.
    Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • On Wednesday, Bishop Robert Casey, the vicar general of Archdiocese of Chicago, said the Catholic Church will continue to offer resources for immigrants in the city, including their immigration ministry and the services offered through Catholic Charities.
    Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Interviews with sheepherders were conducted in Spanish through an interpreter.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
  • For sheepherders living in Idaho, mountainous distances are all part of a day’s work.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Zemlinsky, who also mentored Schoenberg, discerned real promise in Mahler-Werfel but chided her for getting distracted by the social whirl.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The organization, which provides a range of community services aimed at reducing gun violence, including mentoring and after-school programs, received one of the first licenses to operate a retail cannabis dispensary in 2022.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Its 45 larger-than-life figures—cowboys on horseback, women riding sidesaddle, and lots of covered wagons— make up one of the world’s largest bronze sculpture installations.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2025
  • That was my experience at Rebuilding, in which Josh O’Connor plays a cowboy who’s just lost the family farm in a massive wildfire, and who’s struggling to put his life back together.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025

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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherd. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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