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Recent Examples of policewoman
On December 17, 2010, a policewoman confiscated the unlicensed vegetable cart of a twenty-six-year-old street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, in the small Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid.
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2011
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
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Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 1 May 2011
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for policewoman
Noun
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But that night a policeman came to the house and told her James had been arrested.—
Essence,
Essence,
13 Feb. 2025
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As an undercover policeman, his job is to loiter near the men’s bathroom at the local shopping mall and seduce passing trade into committing acts of what his superiors would call gross indecency.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article A 6-year-old girl was found unconscious in a bathtub inside a Brooklyn apartment under suspicious circumstances, cops said Friday.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2025
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Read Next Florida Officer ran tags of 15 vehicles outside ex’s apartment, Florida cops say.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Haider said Abdul suspects that the letter likely came from someone who lives in the same apartment complex on Jan. 24, days before federal immigration officers carried out arrests in Chicago and the suburbs.—
Richard Requena,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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Police have not released the identity of the officer or the gunman.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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The first aircraft was a Kenya Airways jetliner with 144 police officers aboard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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The footage showed Jordan sitting behind the wheel of a blue sports car, which was stuck on the side of a train track, as police officers approached him.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
6 Feb. 2025
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The Tennessee Highway Patrol would get $37.9 million that would cover 100 new state troopers, which would bring the trooper total to 1,044.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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The trooper moved onto the highway in an attempt to catch up with the driver.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2025
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On Friday, as residents gathered at the Bilal mosque for afternoon prayers, several constables, sheriff’s deputies and private security guards stood watch.—
Edgar Sandoval,
New York Times,
4 Jan. 2025
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.—
Eplunus Colvin,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policewoman. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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