sheriff
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They now had enough evidence to put before a sheriff who authorised a warrant to search his home and seize his devices.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Lamb is a celebrity sheriff in its truest, most American sense.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
His haul ended up including two taxidermy squirrels as well — one dressed as a sheriff and the other posed to look like it is drinking out of a Budweiser can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Among others patrolling the pool was a deputy sheriff from Sarpy County, Neb., who said he was among the law-enforcement volunteers in the nation’s capital for celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The sheriff didn’t want to say what had happened.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
Legislators could amend the state Constitution to make sheriffs appointed instead of elected — the same as police chiefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 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
Charles said the issue is with county jails—which vary in their practices and are typically managed by local sheriffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
As one of the sheriffs on the tour said to me, “Generally, autopsies don’t lie.”
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
After a nighttime rally at a black church in the town square, four hundred people filed out the church doors and moved down a sidewalk lined by helmeted state troopers and deputy sheriffs.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
