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Recent Examples of jailer
The county coroner, jailer and treasurer were Black, as was the register of deeds.
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Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
After being freed by his jailer to help fight off the ravenous walkers, Daryl grabbed his morning star weapon and proceeded to bash in the skulls of all approaching zombies.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Simmons was one of two jailers who sprayed pepper spray directly into Johnson’s mouth before another guard, Rafael Moreno, placed a knee on his back.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
He’s been at the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center since and prosecutors and jailers say he will be tried in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
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Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
After being freed by his jailer to help fight off the ravenous walkers, Daryl grabbed his morning star weapon and proceeded to bash in the skulls of all approaching zombies.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Simmons was one of two jailers who sprayed pepper spray directly into Johnson’s mouth before another guard, Rafael Moreno, placed a knee on his back.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
He’s been at the Turner Guilford Knight correctional center since and prosecutors and jailers say he will be tried in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailer
Noun
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The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The warden will also ask the Attorney General's Office if there are any legal blocks to the execution.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Brandon Hightower, 38, of Bloomfield, was found guilty in New Britain Superior Court on April 11, to assaulting a state judicial marshal during a courtroom incident last year, according to officials.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
26 Apr. 2025
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One of the marshals’ responsibilities was providing protective service detail for U.S. District Judges Aileen Cannon and Tanya Chutkan, who ruled in criminal cases against Trump.—
Faith E. Pinho,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word genie comes from the French génie, which was borrowed from Latin genius, meaning a guardian spirit or guiding influence.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Related article Young children, a substitute teacher, the head of their school and its custodian.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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When the Dispatch caught up with Nesbit nearly 13 years after his capture, he had been paroled to St. Paul and was working as a custodian for a local business.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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Elsewhere in the hotel, Serena, Demetrius and Derek dodge their armed captors and find a way to escape.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2025
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Along with his countrymen Joan de Diego, Casimir Climent and others, Spanish survivor Joaquín López Raimundo compiled lists of Mauthausen victims and their Nazi captors.—
Sara J. Brenneis,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailer. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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