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sheriff

[sher-if] / ˈʃɛr ɪf /
NOUN
law enforcement officer
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County sheriff lost a reelection campaign in more than a century.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In September last year, the Daily Mail reported that sheriff officers had served legal papers at the Trump Turnberry resort.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Lott, first elected sheriff in 1996, later said from his office, decorated with the heads of animals he has killed and eaten, that scams have never been worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The sheriff could not be reached by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

I saw two officials in sheriffs uniforms, one of whom was from Nebraska.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

He points to a reduction in crime for the county during his term and says he brought stability after a series of one-term sheriffs since 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 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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