deputies

Example Sentences

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The deputies then turned off the body camera microphones, according to court records.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

The parliament will choose the new presiding officer, as well as two deputies, in a secret ballot.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Four Alameda County deputies responded to a 911 call from the home, and Williams identified himself as a deputy and showed his identification card.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But once in office he and the deputies he hired, especially Vinay Prasad, did the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“If you told those deputies the truth,” I said softly, “you’d still be locked up—in a mental hospital.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler