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
Topping the list is the border collie—an agile, energetic breed with intense focus that excels at herding and needs lots of physical and mental stimulation to stay content.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
What appears to be happening is that investors are picking between winners and losers in tech, as opposed to just herding into the index or tech stocks as a whole.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
Make holiday coordination easier Coordinating with friends and family can feel like herding cats.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Some 845,000 hectares of pasturelands are resting and recovering from overgrazing while herding communities transform shorn cashmere into sustainable fiber for luxury markets.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Interestingly, people at Netflix weren’t kind of herding me to see it.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Some focus on fishing in the ocean or among the mangroves, others on herding zebu cattle, and still others on harvesting resources from the forest.
—Ari Daniel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
Mining companies have so exacerbated water scarcity that many Indigenous Chileans have had to give up herding.
—Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Uniqlo has begun collaborating with scientists at the University of the Ryukyus to assess the impact of cashmere herding in Mongolia.
—Chizuru Muko, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for herding
driving
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Take extra caution when on the road or avoid driving if possible.—
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According to investigators, the man was driving a Chevrolet Silverado northbound on Kilgore Road when the truck left the roadway, entered a ditch and overturned.—
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“Herding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herding. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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