clerk
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During Duncan’s campaign last year for New Orleans criminal court clerk, Murrill sent him a letter threatening “further action from this office” if he didn’t stop referring to himself as being exonerated.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
“So long as you truly intend to return, I think you’re fine,” said Beth Stevens, an election lawyer who worked for the Harris County clerk and the Texas Civil Rights Project.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Brandon Patty, a 44-year-old clerk and comptroller in St John's County, Florida and a Navy Reserve commander, is one such American who believes passionately that the Dream is alive and working.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
They would sit through hours of proceedings until a clerk directed them to exit the courtroom, with little to no clarification on what happened in their case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The clerk glances at us constantly as she rings us up.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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By his reckoning, the U.S. has about 10,000 county clerks or municipal entities that carry out America’s decentralized elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Witnesses gave testimonies in homespun terms, and clerks transcribed their statements by hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Immigrants crowded waiting rooms and spilled into hallways as clerks raced to process around 100 people scheduled for an administrative hearing that morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Others are promised roles as drivers or clerks, or that the contract will last "just one year".
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Mr. Gonzalez became the office manager and took control of the few dispirited clerks under him.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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