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Shepherded

Watched and followed as suspicious of mischief, as a shepherd watches a wolf.

“Russian vessels of war are everywhere being carefully `shepherded' by British ships, and it is easy to see that such a state of extreme tension cannot be continued much longer without an actual outbreak.” —Newspaper leader, April 27th, 1885.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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