Manage and Shepherd

Manage

Manage verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Shepherd and manage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shepherd" instead a verb "Manage".

Shepherd verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

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Manage and shepherd are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manage" instead a verb "Shepherd".

character	manage character	shepherd character
people	manage people	shepherd people

In addition to the Trope Namer, Aesop also told a fable in which a wolf starts hanging around a shepherd's flock but doesn't seem to be causing any trouble and in fact helps manage the flock.

Source: The Farmer and the Viper
The Shadow is only stopped when Murray and Tobermory manage to run by and distract it with Murray's light, whereupon the Cat Shepherd proceeds to (seemingly) die.

Source: No Holds Barred Beatdown / Film
Soap and Price manage to disable and kill General Shepherd, but it's a hollow victory at best.

Source: Bittersweet Ending / Video Games

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