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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 shepherded
When Gross, Kaoru Mitoma and Ferdi Kadioglu on the left tried to break through Newcastle in the first half, Murphy and right-back Lewis Miley stuck a foot in or shepherded the ball out of play.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The mother of the bride, Phyllis Amaral, shepherded family members to a handful of front-row folding chairs.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Industry development specialist Sheree Ramage shepherded the delegation to Udine, bringing filmmakers Ana Tiwary and Katrina Irawati Graham – both of whom work under the banner of indiVisual films – international – into the fold.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Seated alongside Barnes was former Mayor Sly James, who through controversy shepherded the building of the new Kansas City International Airport — without which Sherman correctly noted Kansas City would not have earned the opportunity to be a 2026 FIFA World Cup host.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
My sister Lizzie, who worked alongside Dad, has shepherded for most of her life.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Her mother shepherded her to auditions and jobs with an all-business attitude that only occasionally tipped into overprotectiveness.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, his successors at Netflix have shepherded the former DVD-by-mail company into a goliath with more than 325 million global subscribers and have built new revenue streams in advertising and merchandise.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Bock, whose real name was Wally Maher, did sports commentary on Top 40 radio and local TV news in the 1970s and ’80s, then shepherded the arrival of sports talk radio in Atlanta on both 680/The Fan and 790/The Zone in the 1990s.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 May 2026
The mother of the bride, Phyllis Amaral, shepherded family members to a handful of front-row folding chairs.
—Kit Warchol, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Industry development specialist Sheree Ramage shepherded the delegation to Udine, bringing filmmakers Ana Tiwary and Katrina Irawati Graham – both of whom work under the banner of indiVisual films – international – into the fold.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Seated alongside Barnes was former Mayor Sly James, who through controversy shepherded the building of the new Kansas City International Airport — without which Sherman correctly noted Kansas City would not have earned the opportunity to be a 2026 FIFA World Cup host.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
My sister Lizzie, who worked alongside Dad, has shepherded for most of her life.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
Her mother shepherded her to auditions and jobs with an all-business attitude that only occasionally tipped into overprotectiveness.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, his successors at Netflix have shepherded the former DVD-by-mail company into a goliath with more than 325 million global subscribers and have built new revenue streams in advertising and merchandise.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
Bock, whose real name was Wally Maher, did sports commentary on Top 40 radio and local TV news in the 1970s and ’80s, then shepherded the arrival of sports talk radio in Atlanta on both 680/The Fan and 790/The Zone in the 1990s.
—Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherded
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Kerr, 60, got his first coaching job in 2014-15 and immediately guided the Warriors to the franchise’s first title in 40 years.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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Kerr, 60, got his first coaching job in 2014-15 and immediately guided Golden State to the franchise’s first title in 40 years.—
Janie McCauley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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The outlook appeared so bleak that Alexey Miranchuk gestured to the heavens and said, if the team could acquire help from a higher power and get a road win, maybe the ship could be steered in the right direction.—
Amna Subhan,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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That tax credit steered tax dollars collected above the revenue cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights to low-income families — and in its first year, the program was credited with cutting childhood poverty in the state by more than a third.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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Some celebrity dogs are just as famous as their human parents, including Pilaf — Demi Moore's teeny-tiny pup who has accompanied her everywhere from fashion week to Broadway shows — and Ariana Grande's Toulouse, who graced the cover of Vogue in August 2019.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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Head chef and owner Diego Briones has created an accomplished, light-hearted menu with hero European ingredients such as white asparagus, accompanied by more unusual combinations like coconut and green papaya.—
Jaymi McCann,
TheWeek,
8 May 2026
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Dooley last coached in 2023 as a senior offensive analyst at Alabama, again working on a staff led by Saban.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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And still, the Thunder were too talented, too deep, too well-coached.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Austin Williams led Lockport (18-5, 1-1) with seven kills.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jalen Johnson led Atlanta with 18 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while CJ McCollum, who had shaped too much of this series already, was limited to six points on 3-for-10 shooting.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Their bra straps showed; their hair and faces were glossy.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This suggestion added fuel to a growing MAGA conspiracy theory that the indictment showed the far-right violence in Charlottesville in 2017 to have been a setup somehow planned by the SPLC.—
Quinta Jurecic,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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“Shepherded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherded. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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