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sheriff

[sher-if] / ˈʃɛr ɪf /
NOUN
law enforcement officer
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All that work paid off Tuesday, when Luna became the first sheriff to secure a second term in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

For Luna, campaigning has meant long hours away from his loved ones, so he’s excited to be able to focus solely on his work as sheriff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The sheriff said those 20 recommendations were "comprehensive and wide-ranging", addressing all the ways in which railway safety could be improved in response to what happened.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Mark Lamb, formerly the sheriff of Pinal County, was once a celebrity sheriff as a regular on Live PD, the hugely popular show in which law enforcement officers broadcast live feeds of their work.

From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026

Astonishingly, the sheriff, his gun still unholstered, says, “Leave now or I’ll arrest you.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Tran is endorsed by the unions for Orange and Los Angeles counties’ deputy sheriffs, the International Assn. of Fire Fighters, the California Federation of Labor Unions and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Five West Texas sheriffs likewise wrote to federal officials saying advanced surveillance technology would be better suited to stopping undocumented migration in the rugged terrain.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

And whether or not he knew it, it also made him a representative of the community of constitutional sheriffs.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

Security at Mar-a-Lago is extremely tight, with an outer cordon of local Palm Beach sheriffs and an inner one maintained by the Secret Service.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026

In the sheriffs car, I said, “She isn’t actually gone at all. She’s singing in the trees.”

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech


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