herded

past tense of herd
as in drove
to urge, push, or force onward the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding

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  • The request also came on the same day a man drove a car into the gates of an FBI building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Friends drove him home and tended to him during the episode, which caused Ronson to contemplate his burgeoning addiction.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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  • The video, released Thursday night, showed a person running across a rooftop of the building from which the fatal round was fired before climbing down and dropping to the ground.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Pittman noted the Rebels didn’t run their offense at their standard lightning pace for much of the game and did a lot of looks to the sidelines for late play adjustments.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • The 11-billion-euro ($13 billion) Lyon-Turin High-Speed Rail Tunnel extends more than 65 kilometers (40 miles) with 57½ kilometers (nearly 36 miles) of the Mont Cenis base tunnel running underground from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France and Susa, Italy.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Buttigieg could run for president in 2028 as the party vets a variety of candidates to lead them in a couple of years.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Herded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herded. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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