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Recent Examples of district attorney
Ross previously worked in the Fulton County District Attorney's Office and overlapped there with Willis there before Willis was district attorney.
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CBS News, 16 June 2026
According to the district attorney's office, Buffalo Police officers were called to a store on Grant Street for a reported shooting around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 1.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Dougherty, who worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office before moving to Colorado to head up the DNA Justice Review Project of then-Attorney General John Suthers, a Republican, said Griswold lacks courtroom experience.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Four of the assaulted women are students, the district attorney’s office said.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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CBS News, 16 June 2026
According to the district attorney's office, Buffalo Police officers were called to a store on Grant Street for a reported shooting around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 1.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Dougherty, who worked as a prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office before moving to Colorado to head up the DNA Justice Review Project of then-Attorney General John Suthers, a Republican, said Griswold lacks courtroom experience.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Four of the assaulted women are students, the district attorney’s office said.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for district attorney
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Leahy, 31, was charged with murder in the first degree with a deadly weapon enhancement on Monday, May 18, the prosecuting attorney's office tells PEOPLE.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The victim provided a statement the prosecuting attorney shared during sentencing, according to a news release from Canyon County.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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The two sisters entered the restaurant, ran behind the counter and attacked the 23-year-old employee after they were given a wrong order, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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This is the antithesis of how prosecutors are instructed to behave.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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Hudson’s lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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In January 2010, Mayorga reached an out-of-court settlement with Ronaldo’s lawyers — the footballer was not present at mediation — and received $375,000 in return for agreeing never to go public with the accusations, and for the settlement not to be viewed as an admission of guilt.—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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“District attorney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/district%20attorney. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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