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Recent Examples of sheriff
One of my neighbors here is a deputy for the sheriff.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
In many parts of Kentucky, sheriff's offices serve as the primary law enforcement agency patrolling the roads and responding to emergencies.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
That internal investigation led authorities to the strip-search videos, which sheriff’s officials say Aber frequently viewed late at night or early in the morning, and at least twice from Denver-area hotels.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Gray said Robinson also spoke with a family friend who was a retired deputy sheriff.
—Stepheny Price , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
In many parts of Kentucky, sheriff's offices serve as the primary law enforcement agency patrolling the roads and responding to emergencies.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
That internal investigation led authorities to the strip-search videos, which sheriff’s officials say Aber frequently viewed late at night or early in the morning, and at least twice from Denver-area hotels.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Gray said Robinson also spoke with a family friend who was a retired deputy sheriff.
—Stepheny Price , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheriff
Noun
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His wife, his 14-year-old son and a marshal had been shot dead during the siege.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The job of federal marshal was created in 1789, but the agency’s numbers are small and largely focused on carrying out the work of federal courts.—
Byron Tau,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In February, state troopers violently broke up a march for suffrage, resulting in the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, a church deacon protecting his family.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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UMass Boston Police responded to the scene, as well as Boston police officers and Massachusetts State Police troopers.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The inspector found mouse droppings under the chip rack, black organic residue in the ice machine and flies in the grocery area.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Sep. 2025
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And the inspector found Amityville Horror Denny’s.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Scott, McDonald and Neary were arrested, but Rackauckas and a Fullerton police detective persuaded Neary to testify against the other two men, according to the motion.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Reigle and her team tested about a dozen formulations and viscosities, playing detective to figure out where a whole host of issues was coming from.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the main enforcers of H-2A rules, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, last year had one of the lowest levels of investigators since the H-2A program was launched in the 1980s, Rutgers University researchers found.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In Boston Blue, Sean has moved to Boston to start his own new chapter, as a patrolman for the Boston PD — thus paving the way for his father’s own move.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
18 July 2025
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Nevertheless, Smiley and the rest of the Homeless Unit — comprised of one sergeant and three patrolmen split into two teams — encourage people at the camps to go to a shelter.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Warners kept Goldstine’s lieutenants in charge of marketing; Cripps landed as the new head of global distribution at Disney by spring.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The lieutenant, alas, offered some contrary information.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1935, Qassam and two of his followers ambushed a group of British Mandate policemen, murdering a Jewish sergeant.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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An off-duty sheriff’s sergeant listening to the radio call spotted the suspect vehicle driving south on Timberlane Way.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Sheriff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheriff. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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