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- noun Plural form of
sheriff .
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Former mayor of the largely Latino town of Guadalupe, Arizona, remembered for a student group recently what she called the sheriffs '"siege" of her town the year before:
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Former mayor of the largely Latino town of Guadalupe, Arizona, remembered for a student group recently what she called the sheriffs '"siege" of her town the year before:
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Tess Thatcher 2009
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Known for his shirtless rampages over enemy soldiers and small town sheriffs, is it any wonder that he found his way into our roster?
Sylvester Stallone’s John Rambo Makes Our Top 10 Movie Badasses List » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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Was it the courageous but failed effort to introduce federal anti-lynching legislation in the mid-1930s, led so vigorously by Senator Wagner, that finally kindled some law enforcement resolve in Southern sheriffs?
Lynching Kennis, Alan 2003
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Breaking the connection, he called the sheriffs office.
Best Kept Secrets Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1989
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Staples moved to amend the amendment by inserting after the word sheriffs, "county treasurers."
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, Called Session at Columbus, February and March, 1865. Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives 1865
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A couple of years ago my son ran into some cowards who harassed him and broke his windshield he call the sheriffs dept. and nothing was done.
unknown title 2009
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I couldn't hang around so I called the sheriffs dept. and had some rope and tied the mare to a telephone pole next to the post office.
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If you have info about this missing girl, please call sheriffs at 770-781-2222.
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The fact that Highway calls the sheriffs deputies “thugs” indicates a bias on his part.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Handcuff Everyone with Brown Skin — We’ll sort ‘em Out Later 2008
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