shepherded; shepherding; shepherds
1
: to tend as a shepherd
2
: to guide or guard in the manner of a shepherd
shepherded the bill through Congress
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Verb
She carefully shepherded the children across the street.
They shepherded the bill through Congress.
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Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
Aides to President Biden swept into Lebanon while bombs were still falling to negotiate a cease-fire and shepherd a political process.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Netflix’s series adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic novels is being shepherded by Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries), who will serve as showrunner.
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Noun
Before the first red tones Begin to warm the sky
The earth wakes up, and moans
At the small sad cry
Of cups and saucers cracking,
The masters’ precious dream
Of roses, of mowers raking
And shepherds on the lawn.
—Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
Aides to President Biden swept into Lebanon while bombs were still falling to negotiate a cease-fire and shepherd a political process.
—Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
Super agent Jason Weinberg, who also represents Dakota Johnson, is shepherding the tell-all through the auction process.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2025
Netflix’s series adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic novels is being shepherded by Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries), who will serve as showrunner.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Shepherd.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shepherd. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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shepherd
1 of 2 noun
shep·herd
ˈshep-ərd 
1
: a person who takes care of sheep
2
shepherd
2 of 2 verb
: to care for as or as if a shepherd
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