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herding

verb

present participle of herd

as in driving

to urge, push, or force onward the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding

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Recent Examples of herding The exemption was created in 2022 and later extended to account for the around-the-clock nature of herding work. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 As crews worked on the ground, a hardworking white sheepdog sprang into action, herding a nearby group of goats away from the landing area and helping keep the helicopter's path clear. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The few survivors found work herding and skinning the cattle that had overrun their former hunting grounds. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 Other cooperative strategies include herding mobile rays, blocking an escape path while hunting white sharks, and deliberately producing waves to bump penguins off ice floes. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026 Horseback riding in the gentle meadows and stunning mountains is the main event here, but there is plenty to do beyond that— hiking, river tubing, board games, herding cattle, hayrides, the list goes on. — Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026 There’s the Basque population in Boise, Idaho, whose ancestors traded a mountainous region between France and Spain for the American West in the hopes of finding gold but later turned to sheep herding. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026 The wholesale slaughter on the plains outside Troy is constantly likened to harvest, planting, herding flocks. — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026 So, herding under these glass panels feels like something is wrapping around my head. — Sanggay Tashi, The Conversation, 11 June 2026

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Nearly 30 years to the day that Shakur was gunned down in the passenger seat of a BMW Knight was driving, Davis is accused of murder for allegedly giving his crew the order to open fire on Shakur in retaliation for a fight.

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