clerk
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He became a suspect after a clerk at a dry cleaners that had been robbed saw Brambles at a motel and called police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
During Duncan’s campaign last year for New Orleans criminal court clerk, Murrill sent him a letter threatening “further action from this office” if he didn’t stop referring to himself as being exonerated.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
“He probably thinks academic theories of originalism can give you crucial guardrails about how to proceed,” said Sherif Girgis, a law professor at Notre Dame and former Alito clerk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Brandon Patty, a 44-year-old clerk and comptroller in St John's County, Florida and a Navy Reserve commander, is one such American who believes passionately that the Dream is alive and working.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Mr. Ambassador, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Elizabeth Novis, daughter of embassy clerk Willa Novis, who disappeared in Poland.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Trading slowed to a crawl as brokers and clerks scurried to grab the money as it fell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
His friends and former clerks describe him as a quiet workaholic who tends to defer to other people in one-on-one conversations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Others are promised roles as drivers or clerks, or that the contract will last "just one year".
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
After a forensic investigation and interviews with six clerks, the 11th Circuit Judicial Council issued a toothless private reprimand: Judge Ross was initially shielded from accountability, her identity shielded from public scrutiny.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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