deputies

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The parliament will choose the new presiding officer, as well as two deputies, in a secret ballot.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Sheriff’s deputies even used ground-penetrating radar and cadaver dogs to search the property of his father, Ruben Flores, in Arroyo Grande in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

But once in office he and the deputies he hired, especially Vinay Prasad, did the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But deputies also had a trick up their sleeve — a secret weapon that is part grappling gun, part lasso.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Though they called themselves The Sons of the Prairie Pioneers” and all wore beards, they were Mr. Earl T Askew and three more of the sheriff’s deputies.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck