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deputy

[dep-yuh-tee] / ˈdɛp jə ti /


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Johnson sent a deputy to vouch for him.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

It is also examining payments from a company controlled by Reform's deputy leader, Richard Tice, which received £1m from Fiona Cottrell in June 2024.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

At Friday's session, US deputy ambassador Jeffrey Bartos said the existing embargo was "outdated" and "insufficient to address the realities of the war today".

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Thompson, deputy secretary for tribal affairs at the California Natural Resources Agency.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The international press was simply saturated with stories of violence from Africa, and this one was particularly bland and pedantic, the deputy editor wrote, but perhaps Richard could do a piece on the human angle?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ivan Toney and Ollie Watkins instead travelled as captain Harry Kane's deputies.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

But he said Essayli and Dhillon will need to prosecute individual deputies if they find evidence of individual abuses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Krameria Avenue outside the Amazon warehouse around 10:30 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

As crisis intervention deputies combed through the juvenile’s online activity and searched his residence, they found he had an online connection with an Illinois juvenile with similarly “concerning interests,” the Sheriff’s Office said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

There seemed to be more black deputies in the courtroom for this hearing than I'd ever seen in my appearances in that courthouse.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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