deputies

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

From BBC • May 14, 2026

But prosecutors allege that Mejer had, months earlier, talked to deputies about her son riding the electric motorcycle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Sheriff’s deputies even used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs to search the property of his father, Ruben Flores, in Arroyo Grande in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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

Some carried badges as deputies of the Louisiana State Police.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers