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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 shepherds
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Punxsutawney Phil shepherds the season, ushering in an age of innocence and purity like a little lamb.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey, who shepherds many of these adaptations alongside his producing partner Marty Bowen, told Deadline.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
Punxsutawney Phil shepherds the season, ushering in an age of innocence and purity like a little lamb.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shepherds
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That personal instinct is what guides me far more than any formula.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Antideficiency Act, first passed in 1870, forbids the federal government from spending money not appropriated by Congress, and guides much of what the federal government can and can’t do during a shutdown.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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By visiting with the sick and shut-in, helping the bereaved, ministering to the incarcerated, always being willing to open the doors of Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist Church to more people, teaching theology to other pastors and more, Thornhill was a pastor.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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After her audition, coaches Reba McEntire, Michael Bublé, Niall Horan and Snoop Dogg began their hopeful pleas to get Clark, 20, on their respective teams.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Spencer is a veteran who is in the Navy Reserves and also coaches youth baseball teams, according to the GiveSendGo post.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Guests dressed up as space cowboys, astronauts, and aliens.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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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There are plenty of places to take a horse, with experienced cowhands to guide the way.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Shepherds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherds. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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