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deputy

[dep-yuh-tee] / ˈdɛp jə ti /


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Boulder County, and Madiba K. Dennie, attorney and deputy editor at Balls and Strikes, explains what went down.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The country's former deputy prime minister is on the run.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

A former deputy surgeon general, Schwartz was confirmed by the Senate to lead the country’s premier public health agency in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Jonathan Munro, who has been acting as interim head of the news division for the last 11 months, will return to his role as deputy director of BBC News when Jupp takes up her role.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

He called out, and the deputy sheriff and the inquest members rushed over.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

P&R Treasury Lead Charles Parkinson said he never believed the direction to reduce spending by 1% in real terms - which deputies agreed to last year - was possible.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Iza admitted that, at his direction, deputies obtained personal identifying information on E.Z. and another victim, identified only as D.D, their family members, acquaintances and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

With more police and sheriff’s deputies joining immigration enforcement, “we’re not in the streets arresting these individuals,” Mullin said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

They liked Anatole, and apologized that they had to support their families on the handful of coins or rice they got when Mobutu’s deputies came by to count the prisoners each morning.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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