- plural of deputy.
deputies
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M23 leader Sultani Makenga will serve as one of Kabila's four deputies in the new movement.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The sheriff responded that deputies had conducted brief and routine polling place visits for years.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
He said the federally funded highway, which runs from West Sacramento, Calif., to Ocean City, Md., yielded two immigration arrests after traffic stops by his deputies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
On Sept. 18, 2023, deputies arrested Salazar at his Palmdale home, where they recovered a .22-caliber revolver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But the next thing we knew, the two sheriffs deputies who had stood quietly at the side of the room all morning were putting handcuffs on my two friends!
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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