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constable

[kon-stuh-buhl, kuhn-] / ˈkɒn stə bəl, ˈkʌn- /


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Monday's legal challenge was originally scheduled for last week, but was delayed after the Orange Order added the chief constable to the case.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In January of last year, in the last public evidence sessions, the inquiry heard from its expert witness Alan Pughsley, former chief constable of Kent Police and experienced homicide investigator.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Portadown Orangemen want to overturn the Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant's intervention on Friday night, which came after he received advice from the chief constable.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Breandán Mac Cionnaith, from the GRRC, also met the chief constable.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Now I saw the mayor heading back to the wagon accompanied by a tall fellow carrying a long cudgel, the constable unless I missed my guess.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

All 43 chief constables in England and Wales are urging Burnham to establish an "additional public protection safeguard" in cases involving violent and dangerous offenders.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Long before modern professional police forces, public order depended on watches, constables, alarms, and forms of compelled or expected community response.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Badat worked on a challenge to DeSoto County districts that were used for the county’s board of supervisors, school board, election commission, county constables and their judges.

From Salon ● May 16, 2026

The force's professional standards panel said police constables James Heley and Simon Lewis would have been sacked if they had not resigned at the end of last week.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

The constables returned him in an iron cage made by one of their cousins.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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