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sheriff

[sher-if] / ˈʃɛr ɪf /
NOUN
law enforcement officer
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Later, in 2017 and 2018, he served as sheriff of Macon County in central Illinois, a post that came after serving as an auxiliary deputy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

The state Supreme Court heard arguments in those cases Monday, and while we’ll have to wait for the official rulings, things did not seem to go well for the sheriff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Might Carse have been less inclined to step out of line had the new sheriff been in town?

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

At the time of Anna’s murder, the Osage County sheriff, who carried the bulk of responsibility for maintaining law and order in the area, was a fifty-eight-year-old, three-hundred-pound frontiersman named Harve M. Freas.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Louisiana passed a strict mug shot law in 2022 involving nonviolent charges, but largely repealed it when some sheriffs called it unworkable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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

Separately, Bonta’s office filed its own action, with that issue of constitutional sheriffs front and center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026

Although Roosevelt was accepted as a friend, fellow cowboy, and, ultimately, the sheriffs deputy, he never completely severed his ties to New York or politics.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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