sheriff

Example Sentences

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Neither Woods nor the other driver suffered any serious injuries from the crash that caused Woods’s car to roll onto its side, the sheriff said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"He has a right to refuse that test," added the sheriff.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

After the blast, sheriff officials said the second device was unaccounted for and missing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

During much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private detective agencies had filled the vacuum left by decentralized, underfunded, incompetent, and corrupt sheriff and police departments.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann