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
Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Just last month, a family in Florida was reunited with their German shepherd after six years, thanks to a team of firefighters who happened to rescue the dog, who had fallen into a canal.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Fast-forward to 2025, and the Master’s Keep line, which has really been shepherded by Eddie over the years, is coming to a close with this new blend of bourbons.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Shepherd’s Purse A low-growing annual weed with leaves that resemble dandelion foliage, shepherd’s purse germinates in fall and then sends up a slender flower stalk in spring.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
Just last month, a family in Florida was reunited with their German shepherd after six years, thanks to a team of firefighters who happened to rescue the dog, who had fallen into a canal.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
The city of San Diego has approved a Phase 1 renovation plan shepherded by the La Jolla Sunrise Rotary Club to replace walls and doors in the sleeping areas, along with other improvements.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Fast-forward to 2025, and the Master’s Keep line, which has really been shepherded by Eddie over the years, is coming to a close with this new blend of bourbons.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
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The Chiefs opened the third quarter at their own 19-yard line, but Mahomes guided the offense with chunk gains to five different pass-catchers during an eight-play touchdown drive that took less than four minutes.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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After three subsequent losing seasons from 2021-23, Tom Allen was replaced by coach Curt Cignetti, who immediately guided the Hoosiers to the College Football Playoff and their first top-10 finish since 1967.—
Ralph D. Russo,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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During a vigil at Hurricane Chapel in McEwen, senior pastor Tim Farris noted that many in attendance know each other and the victims and their families.—
ADRIAN SAINZ,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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After the vigil, Farris, the pastor, told media that the area has seen its share of tragedy and loss of life, including a deadly flood a few years ago.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 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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Petrino has coached Western Kentucky, Louisville and Missouri State since he was fired by the Razorbacks for off-field reasons in the spring of 2012.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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And now, a deep breath and on to Minnesota, where Nebraska last won in 2015, when Riley’s Huskers beat a squad coached by Tracy Claeys.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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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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When Tess takes on the role of mentoring Kenny’s daughter, a talented country singer in her own right, the two get reacquainted.—
Karen Ostergren,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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Among those who spoke was Debrenna Glaster Vann, a barber whom Morrow mentored.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Blackhawks were torn on whether to take the cowboy defenseman or the flashy forward with the second overall pick in the 2024 draft, and ultimately settled on Levshunov.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Indeed, shortly after the 2016 historical drama Hidden Figures — in which Costner played neither a cowboy nor a water-faring mutant but a NASA scientist — the actor landed that rarest of opportunities in Hollywood, a shot at redemption.—
Peter Kiefer,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shepherd. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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