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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of shepherd.

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Examples

  • Richard seized her arm and without a word shepherded her out the front door, back out into the rain.

    Men Don't Leave Me 2010

  • The story is actually about Micky who was "shepherded" by his half brother Dicky (Bale).

    Behind the Scenes Clips from David O. Russell’s The Fighter | /Film 2010

  • COOPER: Yes, we saw the press pool being kind of shepherded to the location that you're now seeing these pictures from.

    CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2009 2009

  • Re: Words your students COULDN'T have written (and thus plagiarized) "shepherded" as a verb, not in reference to sheep.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • Re: Words your students COULDN'T have written (and thus plagiarized) "shepherded" as a verb, not in reference to sheep.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • "shepherded" as a verb, not in reference to sheep.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • "shepherded" as a verb, not in reference to sheep.

    Wired Campus 2010

  • He shepherded tankers through the Persian Gulf from Kharg Island, an oil terminal frequently bombed by Saddam Hussein's air force.

    At Center of U.S. Oil Suit Is Norway Shipping Tycoon Guy Chazan 2011

  • The Democratic National Committee released an Internet video noting that while Mr. Romney has called for the repeal of Mr. Obama's health-care law, the measure he shepherded in Massachusetts included a similar requirement that individuals buy health insurance.

    Romney Blasts Obama Over Economy Jonathan Weisman 2011

  • With the Germans' usually strict chain of command broken, the Jews are shepherded into a barn owned by Stefan Fasching Johannes Krisch.

    George Heymont: The Fabulous Invalid Clings to Life George Heymont 2011

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