bureaucrat
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If he wants to live large, there are more amenable careers than being a high-level bureaucrat tasked with keeping the public safe from crime.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro is just over 42, young enough to think like this bathroom-fixated bureaucrat who doesn’t seem to think getting old will happen to them either.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
It has arguably made her the country's most famous bureaucrat.
From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026
The future of the chief information officer was once in doubt, the role cast as a bureaucrat destined to be replaced by someone, anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
And while presidents came and went, this bureaucrat, now thick around the waist and with jowls like a bulldog, remained.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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