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Noun
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When the Mission gang scandal burst into public view, department officials publicly called it an isolated problem of rogue gang officers.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026 -
There have been at least five such attacks on healthcare workers over the course of the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, UN officials said.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Judge Jesse Furman decided the case belongs with him because Comey was fired pursuant to the president's executive authority and not the usual procedures for civil servants.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The firm recruits tenants from the State Attorney’s Office, police and fire departments, and hospitals, and 70% of residents are civil servants, the partners say.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cook County Circuit Court judges must be more prepared than ever to have their decisions, especially those affecting pretrial detention in violent-crime cases, subject to the same sort of scrutiny mayors, governors and other officeholders receive.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Initially, the white Democrats who ruled the South responded to the rise of Black political power by crafting racist narratives that insinuated that the emergence of Black voters and Black officeholders was a corruption of the proper political order.—
Robert D. Bland,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Officiaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiaries. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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