I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
German shepherd
shepherd's pie
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Either we become regarded as gratuitously destructive iconoclasts, or the shepherd himself becomes suspect for having withheld information.
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George pushed his way through the throng, looking for the spot where the shepherds were gathered.
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He told the shepherd to tell his own people that he would use these weapons to regain the Holy Sepulchre.
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It must be for Miss Everdene's shepherd .
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Maurine was the shepherd in our house.
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Naturally the shepherds who had brought their flocks across must know the safest route.
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The shepherd followed her instructions and discovered April, changed back from a flower.
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The second ad in the series actually equips our shepherd with a surfboard.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The police officer shepherded everyone away and padlocked the church gates.
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We expected to be asked to sit down, but instead we were shepherded out to an open patio at the back of the house.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Ellsworth, who had gone ahead, retraced his steps to shepherd the two through.
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George Martin, who has shepherded the transition since he arrived in July 1993.
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In return for shepherding a parcel round-trip.
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It was also a major victory for Boxer, who sponsored the legislation in the Senate and shepherded it through.
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Joseph smiled and apologized once more and watched as Tran Van Hieu shepherded his family off the terrace.
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These can be used to shepherd photons around and keep them under control.
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Yet he was able to shepherd more than 80 percent through to passage.