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sheriff

noun as in law enforcement officer

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Now, Sac City sports 70 blooming creations, including entries from the Red Hats women’s group, the sheriff’s office—and the police.

Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responded to the location at 7:52 a.m. and searched the area but could not find the truck, said department spokesman Sgt.

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Early that morning, as the Santa Anas whipped at 90 mph, sheriff’s deputies stormed through her Pasadena neighborhood ordering evacuations with flames at their heels.

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Polling in the governor’s race has shown former Democratic Rep. Katie Porter and Chad Bianco, Riverside County’s Republican sheriff, narrowly leading the field.

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"It changed the scene and made it personal. Like a sheriff and a bad cowboy coming in to have a gunfight."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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