policewoman

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Recent Examples of policewoman It was caught on video June 3, 2024 Cellphone video shows Hernandez calling out for her father in Spanish before she’s pushed back by a policewoman. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024 Eleven protesters were injured, and a policewoman was killed: all the spokes of Matar’s lingering, melancholy new novel connect to this transforming event. The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 Mary Hamilton, New York City’s famous policewoman, was assigned to investigate. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024 Goswami, who was attracted to the role because of Suri’s writing, which also included inputs from police anthropologists, spent time with real-life policewomen for the role. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for policewoman 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policewoman
Noun
  • The three main protagonists are a celebrated actress, her wealthy businessman husband who is kidnapped and a policeman who was the woman’s friend in earlier years but who has become estranged.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In photos: Flash flooding devastates parts of Spain 1 of 32 The father of one of those who died in the parking garage, a local policeman, told Spain’s El Mundo newspaper that residents had rushed to move their cars, but the water rose faster than people were expecting, trapping them.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • He's supposed to take it easy but instead partners with a young Oregon cop (Tye Sheridan) to tackle a neo-Nazi group with nefarious plans and a charismatic leader (Nicholas Hoult).
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
  • That claim has been spread by the network of inauthentic websites controlled by former Florida cop John Dougan, who now lives in Moscow and runs a network of pro-Kremlin websites.
    David Gilbert, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Early last month, the Antioch City Council allocated up to $500,000 for its gun violence reduction initiative to fund long-term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies, whose officers would earn $200 an hour.
    Hema Sivanandam, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Traps have also been set up and officers are using thermal imaging cameras in an attempt to recapture the animals, police said.
    Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The new council and mayor must tackle a slew of troubles for the city, which faces the largest per-capita homeless population in the county, a stark shortage of firefighters and police officers, and ongoing questions on how to balance growth and draw in business.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Key Facts French newspaper Marianne first reported the National Financial Prosecutor's Office in Paris and police officers of the anti-corruption office had conducted searches of Netflix in relation to a tax fraud investigation.
    Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers confiscated more than 175 pounds of the drug during a traffic stop involving a Dodge Ram pickup on IH-35 in Webb Country.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The trooper went back to his cruiser and asked Larriett to wait at his car.
    Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Each court has one justice of the peace and one constable.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Then the constable arrested two township employees.
    Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policewoman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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