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Recent Examples of sheriff
According to the release, the record tells the tale of Cherie Lee, who witnesses the murder of her sheriff father by the Bootcut Boys.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The sheriff's office said all four were stable at last check.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
The woman submitted evidence for a criminal investigation with the Los Angeles County sheriff.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Rumors regarding the then-sheriff, his sons, and a photo containing a racial slur circulated throughout the community and on social media.
—Edie Peffley, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
The sheriff's office said all four were stable at last check.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
The woman submitted evidence for a criminal investigation with the Los Angeles County sheriff.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2026
Rumors regarding the then-sheriff, his sons, and a photo containing a racial slur circulated throughout the community and on social media.
—Edie Peffley, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheriff
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The state fire marshal issued a temporary certificate of occupancy the night before the meeting, giving the county two months to address a small number of fire safety issues, according the BSCC.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Currently, there isn't any evidence to suggest that foul play was involved, the coroner said, but the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police's fire marshal's office.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Three Georgia State Patrol troopers and their supervisor were fired from the department after an investigation revealed a scheme where officers used insurance claims to profit off of vehicle chases, an internal report concluded.—
Asia Simone Burns,
AJC.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Police also handed out 100 traffic citations over the three-day span, with 49 issued by Tybee Island officers and 51 by state troopers.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Behind kitchen equipment, the inspector estimated 40 to 50 roach corpses.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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Gusts of smoke from the Plant 2 main flare were visible for miles, leading the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to send an inspector to the site and the company to issue one of its public notifications about refinery activity.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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Senior Deputy District Attorney Devan Portillo, of the DA Office’s special prosecutions unit, handled the case, with support from a Placer County Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the county’s Opioid Response Team.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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After a lengthy investigation found there was no evidence to suggest that the crash was intentional, detectives determined that Gutierrez likely fell asleep at the wheel.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Following the alleged confession, investigators in Medina County began searching the Medina Lake area.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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With assurances of an immunity deal, David Wiley met with investigators at his attorney's office.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The character is said to be an homage to an actual Western District patrolman named Bob Brown.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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Hendry at one time patrolled the streets as a patrolman.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The department has transferred a captain, a lieutenant, and six Brooklyn Narcotics detectives who made up the team that ran the botched buy-and-bust operation in the aftermath of the video.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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My longtime chief lieutenant test driver, Roger Adams, joined me for part of the drive and quickly came away impressed.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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There was no preliminary determination as to whether this was a natural death, the sergeant said.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Islanders promote sergeant's defense fund The New York Islanders promoted Duran's defense fund on their jumbotron during their final game of the season on Tuesday.—
Mark Prussin,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Sheriff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheriff. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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