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 Group events usually tend to involve a degree of herding cats, but not with those from Club GT. — Iain MacAuley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026 The agent begins herding them toward the other side of the street. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The father-daughter duo has set up shop ensconced in the woods, herding donkeys and so far evading the violence closing in on them from the outside. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026 Synopsis In a remote Somali pastoral village, 12-year-old boys, Waasuge and Warmooge, spend their days herding goats and playing games. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 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
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driving
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  • Economists can debate whether a top-15 economy should morph itself into a giant leveraged bet on the AI trade, one now driving growth to new highs rather than simply riding alongside it.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
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“Herding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herding. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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